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. Jack Skelton
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    A clear Australia-England divide in the press box as an Aussie rules game is being streamed on a laptop. Shouts of excitement versus total indifference.

  2. Here's the weather forecast for the afternoon. There shouldn't be any more interruptions. Bad light might come into it later on if they're hoping to play until 19:30 BST.

    Weather

  3. Very good.

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

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    Joe Root. He'd try to give you a no.4. You'd try to convince him into a no.3. It would all be going well and then he'd suddenly leave with the job half done.

    Will in London

  5. There are 15 minutes to go until we'll get our first play of the day. A reminder England will resume on 23-1, 474 runs behind Australia.

    Work to be done.

  6. Someone reading this must have got the KP streak back in 2005 in honour of his innings.

    I want to hear from you if you did.

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

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    KP. Especially if he breaks out the colouring for highlights. Don't want a repeat of that 2005 hair style....

    Anonymous

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  8. Ben Stokes is having a net, also in a woolly hat. Excellent.

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  9. The Aussie bowlers are now going through their warm-ups on the outfield. James Pattinson, who isn't actually playing in the game, is bowling in a woolly hat.

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

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    David Warner. Just because that would involve having to talk to David Warner.

    Charlie, London

  11. Playing times

    Here are your playing times for today after the rain.

    This afternoon session will go from 13:30 BST until 16:20.

    The final session will run from 16:40 until 19:00 with the option for an extra 30 minutes to used until 19:30.

  12. Could Lara complete 400 hair cuts in a day though?

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

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    Not Brian Lara if you’re in a hurry, his cut was always late!

    Simon, Dorset

  14. Jack Skelton
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    Joe Root is heading out to the middle to have a look.

  15. Play to begin at 13:30 BST
    Breaking

    The inspection wasn't due to be until 13:00 BST but we have already been informed that play will begin at 13:30.

    Time to start getting nervous!

  16. That properly cracked me up. Top work, Ryan.

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

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    Regardless of who cuts it, the main thing is not to ask for an "England batting line-up" haircut. You'd have nothing up top and the only bits worth talking about would be ginger.

    Ryan, Belfast

  18. This guy could certainly do a job for England. Could have been an even more expensive drop than Steve Smith!

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  19. Jack Skelton
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    They are replaying the World Cup final super over on the big screen at Old Trafford. Happier (and drier) times for England.

  20. Make. It. Happen.