Summary

  • England lose three late wickets

  • England slip from 166-2 to 196-5

  • Burns 81, Root 71, Roy 22

  • Four wickets for Hazlewood

  • Burns & Root add 141 from 25-2

  • Rain & bad light shortens day

  • Australia 497-8 dec: Smith 211

  • Fourth Test, day three, Old Trafford

  • Australia will retain Ashes with win

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Amy Lofthouse

  1. Eng 26-2

    Oh! Inside edgey from Joe Root first up, not where he was aiming, but he's off the mark with a sprightly single.

  2. Here is Joe Root, greeted to the middle by the usual chorus from the crowd...

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

    Joe Root is coming in early. He has got a bit of work to do...

  4. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    That's just what Australia want - they don't want to waste too much energy on the nightwatchman.

    Overton walks off the fieldPA Media
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    Overton c Smith b Hazlewood 5 (Eng 25-2)

    Edged - and gone!

    Of course it's Steve Smith who takes the catch. Of course it is! It's a lovely delivery from Josh Hazlewood, a bit of away movement, and Craig Overton can do little more than send it into the hands of Smith at second slip.

    Not... ideal.

  6. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Overton can bat - he can play. He has an opportunity here to 'do a Leach'.

  7. Eng 25-1

    A huge cheer goes up as Craig Overton squirts England's first runs of the day through square for a couple.

  8. Josh Hazlewood will bowl from the other end.

  9. Cricketers you wouldn't want to cut your hair

    Wouldn't want Warner cutting my hair.... one edge early and he'd have to walk out.

    Kyle - Isle of Wight

  10. Jack Skelton
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    Jerusalem rings out around Old Trafford. Still plenty of fans making their way back to their seats as Craig Overton and Rory Burns make their way to the middle. Finally time for some cricket.

  11. Eng 23-1

    Burns 15, Overton 3

    That Burns lbw appeal was going over the top of leg stump.

    He solidly plonks the final ball of the over back towards Starc, and that'll be a maiden to get proceedings going.

  12. Eng 23-1

    Good grief. Mitchell Starc gets one to bounce and rise on Rory Burns, but it's probably a little too wide to trouble the batsman. He wasn't quite on it yesterday. Famous last words.

    Burns plays across his pad to a 90mph outswinger and Starc makes a polite enquiry of the umpire. High?

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  14. Eng 23-1

    Trail by 474

    Short, a bit of extra bounce, and Rory Burns gets thwacked on the thigh pad to start proceedings.

    Cricket!

  15. Here we go...

  16. Mitchell Starc will open the bowling under murky skies, with Rory Burns, unbeaten on 15, to face.

    Nightwatchman Craig Overton is at the other end.

  17. Cheers, Matthew. A solid stint.

    Right, shall we have some cricket?

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  18. They've just shown Ben Stokes' Headingley innings on the TV to get all England fans believing again.

    Joe Root's side desperately need more runs again today.

    It has been a delight talking about rain and haircuts this morning but now there's cricket to discuss. Amy Lofthouse is here to do some proper work.

  19. Come on, Rob. You must have a picture.

    I got KP's bat around that time too even though it was waaaaay too heavy for me.

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    Afraid to say I got the blue streak in honour of KP. Thought I was the bees knees

    Rob from Kings Lynn