Summary

  • Denly falls for 4 in England reply

  • Australia 497-8 dec: Smith 211

  • Smith dropped by Archer on 65

  • Caught off Leach no-ball on 118

  • Labuschagne 67, Paine 58, Starc 54*

  • England drop three catches

  • Fourth Test, day two, Old Trafford

  • Five-match series level at 1-1

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse and Matthew Henry

  1. dropped catch

    Paine dropped on 49

    This is horrible to watch now. England are crumbling in front of our eyes.

    Sam Curran is on the field as a sub for the injured Stokes and he shells a relatively straight-forward catch off Paine.

  2. Jack Skelton
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    About 10 people on the right-hand side of the party stand boo as Steve Smith reaches 150. They may well be being booing England for their performance this session, mind.

  3. Aus 338-5

    Hmmm. Another one for the body language experts. Joe Root asks Jofra Archer to have a go round the wicket. Archer pulls an expression to me that says he's surprised and not too convinced by the instruction.

  4. Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    Does Steve Smith expend more energy playing shots or with his fidgeting in between deliveries?

  5. 150 runs

    150 to Smith

    On and on he goes.

    The Aussie flags wave. Justin Langer, who looks absolutely freezing, stands and applauds on the balcony.

    Steve Smith moves beyond 150.

  6. Get Involved

    Text 81111

    England look like they've already lost. It's not over yet boys, let's lift it!

    Alex, Nottingham

  7. Jofra Archer is coming back on to bowl with Stokes off injured.

  8. Get Involved

    Text 81111

    Ben Stokes injury diagnosis: carrying the England cricket team.

    Freddy King

    Ben StokesGetty Images

  9. Aus 335-5

    Smith 148, Paine 49

    The rain has found its way to the field but the umpires are keeping the players out there.

    Overton plods on with some more ineffective seam bowling.

    And now the sun comes back out. More rain dancing needed.

  10. How's stat?!

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    This is the highest total made in the first innings of a match in England for 14 Tests, since England made 514-8 at Edgbaston against West Indies in August 2017.

  11. Or are we at the point where England fans celebrate the rain?

  12. Jack Skelton
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    Turns out it can get bleaker - it’s raining out the back of the pavilion.

  13. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    A horrific session for England.

  14. Jack Skelton
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    Australia are cruising so England fans have headed to the bars, where they are being whipped by the increasingly strong winds. And now Ben Stokes trudges off mid-over. It’s all a bit bleak at the moment.

    Ben StokesGetty Images

  15. Aus 334-5

    Smith 147, Paine 49

    There's a horrible, glum atmosphere around the ground now. Jack Leach completes Stokes' over.

    If you thought of all of the things that could go wrong in a session for England, we've had most of them in this one.

    Their talisman has gone off injured.

  16. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It looks to me like one of his sides, he's felt something. That is not the sight the England fans and England captain wanted to see.

  17. Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    That is a very worrying sign for England.

  18. ouch!

    Stokes leaves the field

    Stokes has gone. He bowls one more ball, grimaces, collects his sweater and walks off the field before he can complete his over.

    A miserable day for England gets even worse.

    Ben StokesReuters

  19. Joe Root starts to run down to check on his mate but is sent back. Stokes is going to keep going.

  20. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Stokes isn't right here. He's done something. You can see. He's a tough competitor and you very rarely see him grimace. There's something not quite right here.