Summary

  • Head (96) anchors Australia's chase of 197

  • England bowled out for 196 in 44.5 overs

  • Woakes hit 78 as England recovered from 8-5

  • Roy, Bairstow, Root & Buttler all record ducks

  • Four wickets for Cummins; three for Hazlewood & Tye

  • England lead five-match series 3-0

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 07:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

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    Ryan Knight: Ah nice to wake up to an epic England collapse this morning, it's been a while!

  2. Postpublished at 07:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

    Dan Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    These two run very differently between the wickets - Head ambles through, Warner scampers.

  3. Aus 21-0published at 4 overs

    Wood bangs it in short and Warner pulls but doesn't quite time it, picking up three as it's pulled in before the rope.

    Head looks a little shaky until Wood, coming round the wicket, sends one down short and Head picks it up and away through mid-wicket for four.

    A swivel round the corner for two to finish. Expensive over - England can't afford any of them.

  4. Aus 12-0published at 3 overs

    Warner 6, Head 5

    Woakes again strays too full trying to get the ball to swing and Head nails it through the covers for four.

    Better stuff from Woakes when he tries to angle the ball across the left-hander, Head leaving alone just outside off.

  5. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 07:42 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

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    Astronomer‏: Am I the only one who thinks England can win this? The ball will swing for us, too.

    Maybe it's written in the stars...

  6. Postpublished at 07:42 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    There is movement here for Wood. I just hope he doesn't waste it by bowling too wide.

  7. Aus 8-0published at 2 overs

    No Aaron Finch for Australia - the in-form opener is missing with a hamstring injury, meaning Travis Head is opening alongside Warner.

    Mark Wood scythes one through Head at serious pace, with a bit of nip off the seam, the ball clipping him high on the pad.

    Bouncer to finish - no that's too high, leaping rapidly off the pitch and will be signalled a wide.

    Head dabs the last into off for a quick single to get off the mark.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 07:37 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

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    Fenners: Shows how good this England team is in that we can score nearly 200 after being 8-5. In the old days we would've been 50 all out

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  9. Aus 6-0published at 1 over

    Woakes pitches it up, searching for swing, but that's too full with no movement and Warner clatters a terrific cover drive to the fence.

    Warner then shapes to pull but under edges it just over his off stump and the ball runs away for a couple.

  10. Aus 0-0published at 0.1 overs

    Ooooshk. Woakes angles it across Warner superbly, with the Aussies opener prodding tentatively at it, playing and missing.

  11. Postpublished at 07:34 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

    Thanks for all your questions for James Anderson during the lunch interval. It should be available as a Test Match Special podcast later.

    Right, the players are back out on the field. It will be Chris Woakes to David Warner first up...

  12. Postpublished at 07:33 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

    Australia's Pat Cummins, speaking on BT Sport: "It's hot out there and the wicket is really nice so we're looking forward to having a bat on it. We hit our areas with the new ball, bowled a Test-match length, and it was one of those days where they nicked it."

  13. Postpublished at 07:33 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

    Cheers, Matt. I certainly didn't expect to be commentating on five wickets falling before England got to double figures in the early hours of this morning.

    Can England find the swing that Australia did? They'll need early wickets to stand a chance here.

  14. Postpublished at 07:31 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

    Anyway, with the Australia run chase not too far away I'm going to hand back to Jack Skelton.

    Let's see if Jack can bring better luck for England than he did at the start of that innings...

  15. Jimmy Anderson Q&Apublished at 07:30 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

    James Anderson
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Did you ever consider bowling spin instead?

    Not really. I played on concrete against two right-handed friends and couldn't get the ball to move away from them so started bowling left-arm spin a bit. I occasionally bring it out in the nets and have bowled it in charity matches before. I've never got a wicket with it in a match but I once got Ian Bell out in the nets bowling slow left-arm.

  16. Postpublished at 07:23 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

    James Taylor
    Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special

    I'd have gone with Tom Curran over David Willey today, too. I think England like his character, his skills and his variations with the ball. He's not as quick as Liam Plunkett but I like him - his character and fight. He has won Surrey matches out of nowhere. He's a very good addition to this England team.

  17. Postpublished at 07:21 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

    Despite the series being won, England made just one change for this match with Tom Curran replacing the injured Liam Plunkett.

    Curran made an important 35 with the bat but now he and the England bowlers are going to have to produce something special if they are to win.

  18. Postpublished at 07:15 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

    Joe RootImage source, Getty Images

    It was very difficult for England's top order early on with the ball swinging around corners but only Jos Buttler can say he was really 'got' out.

    He was bowled a beauty by Josh Hazelwood second ball but Roy, Bairstow and Hales were all out driving and Root skied a hook to fine leg.

    Still, we'll let them off for a failure once, right?

  19. Jimmy Anderson Q&Apublished at 07:07 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

    James Anderson
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    I got my highest checkout ever on this Ashes tour - 170. That's the highest one you can get. It was against Alastair Cook.

  20. The story so farpublished at 07:04 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2018

    Jason Roy dismissedImage source, Getty Images

    If you're just waking up we're currently in the interval between innings, earlier than would have been expected.

    England have been bowled out for 196 by Australia which sounds bad but from where they were it is not nearly as embarrassing as it could have been.

    England lost Jason Roy in the first over and after 6.2 overs they they were 8-5. Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Alex Hales, Joe Root and Jos Buttler were all back in the hutch.

    Eoin Morgan and Moeen Ali steadied with a 50 partnership but both failed to go on.

    Chris Woakes was England's savior and has taken them to a score that they can at least bowl at. He made it look like he was batting on a completely different pitch and scored 78 from 82 balls with five sixes.

    Eventually Tom Curran was the last man out with England failing to bat out the final 5.1 overs.