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. Aus 215-4

    Matthew Wade covers up in defence and prods and pokes his way through the remainder of Overton's over.

    The lights have come on at Old Trafford. It's properly grim.

  2. Aus 215-4

    Short, short, short from COverton first up, and Steve Smith hustles his way to an easy single.

  3. Aus 214-4

    Smith 81, Wade 16

    There's going to be a change of bowling after the interruption.

    Craig Overton is coming on for his first bowl of the morning.

  4. How's stat?!

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    We only lost 12 minutes. We have still got 18 minutes before we lose any overs.

  5. Here come the England players...

  6. The big hover cover is being taken from the field. The umpires are wandering back out.

    Play should resume very shortly.

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

    Ultimately Steve Smith is a freak. He has an amazing eye and incredible hands. He is ahead of the bowler. He sees cues of what the bowler is going to bowl quicker than anyone I have seen.

  8. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    It is pretty grim. It is dark.

  9. Smith 81* - where he has scored his runs

    131 balls, 10 fours

    Steve SmithOpta

  10. Jack Skelton
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    I'm off to the nearest well-known large supermarket. I hope they've got enough potatoes in.

  11. A quick shot of the crowd shows one guy has come dressed as a Barbie doll, complete with cardboard packaging.

    Now that is dedication.

  12. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    What a frenetic morning. It has been strange. Smith was so jittery and jumpy.

  13. This should clear quite quickly, you'd have thought.

  14. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    Properly raining now.

  15. rain stops play

    Rain stops play

    Aaaaand there we go. On comes the hover cover.

  16. Jack Skelton
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    There are a few spots of rain now by the pavilion.

  17. Aus 214-4

    Lovely from Matthew Wade, using his feet and lofting Jack Leach up and over cover for four.

    Meanwhile, the rain has very much arrived outside my window...

  18. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That is brilliant work from Stokes.

  19. Aus 210-4

    Ben Stokes! Oh, that was an amazing bit of fielding! He anticipates Matthew Wade is going to sweep and comes tearing around from slip, diving and parrying the ball with one hand to stop it trickling away for four. He's good, isn't he?

    There's turn and bounce for Leach. I'm having horrible visions about England batting last on this.

  20. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    Having said that, the sun has just got brighter. Four seasons in four minutes.