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. 'It's grim - it's really grim'

    BBC Weather's Simon King: "It's grim - it's really grim. We're certainly going to get a delay this morning. Over the next couple of hours it will move on, but there's still a risk of the odd shower this afternoon.

    "As for the weekend, it's looking more promising. But that's probably not what England fans want to hear."

  2. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    There is virtually nobody sitting out in the stands at the moment.

  3. I don't know if we are quite at the stage yet where England fans pray for interruptions - the batsman could score 500 yet - but the forecast rain has arrived at Old Trafford.

    It was pretty miserable on my drive into Manchester this morning.

    It's pretty clear we'll have a delayed start.

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  4. Yesterday there was a Steve Smith double hundred, dropped catches, wickets chalked off because of no-balls, an injured Ben Stokes and another failing England opener.

    It's fair to say England have had better days.

    Australia are well in command of this match after posting 497-8 declared and reducing England to 23-1.

    Joe Root's side have been here before in this series. We must not write them off but another poor day could be fatal for their Ashes hopes.