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. Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    There was nothing wrong that. It was a good ball. Burns played really well. He fought it out. He had looked fine.

    Rory BurnsGetty Images

  2. Jason Roy is coming out at four.

    This... will go one of two ways.

  3. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    That was a very gutsy innings from Burns. It bounced a bit looking at the replay.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Burns c Smith b Hazlewood 81 (Eng 166-3)

    Gone!

    Well, it did feel like that was about to happen. Rory Burns plays away from his body and Josh Hazlewood finds the edge of the bat. The ball flies to Steve Smith, who takes a good catch at midriff height. A fine innings comes to an end. Good ball, good catch, good knock.

  5. Nathan Lyon took nine wickets in the first Test and basically won it for Australia with the ball with 6-49.

    He's taken five wickets in the four innings since and messed up that run out.

  6. Eng 166-2

    Root 69, Burns 81

    Joe Root watches the rest of the over fizzle past his off stump.

  7. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Burns hits that shot in the air a lot. He was just a couple of inches away from being caught.

  8. dropped catch

    Close!

    Eng 166-2

    Oh!

    You know the saying, filth takes wickets? Nathan Lyon has almost got Rory Burns with a long hop. It's a rank delivery and Burns cracks within a centimeter of Matthew Wade at extra cover. Ooft.

  9. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    It is a bit flat at the moment.

  10. Eng 165-2

    Burns 80, Root 69

    Joe Root is happy enough to cover up in defence and play out a Josh HAzlewood maiden.

  11. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    That was a terrific spell from Cummins. The figures don't tell the story.

  12. Pat Cummins, figures of 17-4-37-1, is taking a well-deserved break.

    Here's Josh Hazlewood.

  13. Eng 165-2

    Burns 80, Root 69

    A smattering of singles end the over.

  14. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    That could have gone anywhere.

  15. Eng 162-2

    Close! Rory Burns gets down low to sweep Nathan Lyon and he gets a horrible top edge, but it somehow manages to drop short of the lurking fielder at backward square. Burns didn't have a clue where that had gone.

  16. Eng 161-2

    Trail by 336

    This has been some spell from Pat Cummins, and he's been unlucky not to take a wicket, but this is his 10th over in a row either side of tea and there's only a three day gap between the final two Tests.

    Tim Paine needs to be careful how he handles such an important part of his attack.

  17. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    This is compelling viewing - Pat Cummins has bowled absolutely beautifully but got nothing to show for it.

    Pat CumminsReuters

  18. Pat Cummins is going to continue. This has been an almighty spell.

  19. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Another over ticks by.

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