Summary

  • Half-centuries from Root & Malan give England hope

  • Root breaks record for Test runs in a calendar year for an England batsman (1,482)

  • Burns & Hameed both caught behind by Carey

  • Australia, who resumed on 343-7, bowled out for 425 - a lead of 278

  • Head hits 152; three wickets apiece for Wood & Robinson

  • Day four begins at 23:30 GMT

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Callum Matthews

  1. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Burns showed great composure. I'd have been shaking like a leaf.

  2. wicket

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    Starc c Burns b Woakes 35 (Aus 391-8)

    A wicket! Having hit a four a couple of balls earlier, Mitchell Starc gets a bit big for his boots and hits an extravagant flick straight to Rory Burns in the deep.

    Burns' heart must have been going because the ball was in the air a long time but he settles himself and holds on. He's grimacing rather than smiling.

  3. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    It's not been carnage, but a drip feed of painful agony.

  4. Aus 386-7

    Head 133, Starc 31

    If we forget about the no-balls I actually thought Stokes bowled well yesterday until he picked up his injury. That was dismissive from Head, however.

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  6. 6 runs

    Aus 385-7

    Whack! Hello Ben Stokes. Goodbye Ben Stokes.

    Travis Head emphatically whacks him back over his head for six.

  7. Ben Stokes is on for a bowl. It's a low bar but that's the best thing to happen to England today.

  8. Stuart Clark
    Former Australia fast bowler on Test Match Special

    England need to think if they bowl four or five dots, Starc will play a big shot. If he doesn't get that right, he'll be out.

  9. Aus 379-7

    England have an impressive ability to make lower-order Australians look like Brian Lara or Viv Richards during Ashes series. It doesn't usually happen on day three of the series.

    Mitchell Starc whistles one past Robinson's bootlaces and it races to the fence.

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    Katharine: Settled down for the third day of the Ashes. It's my birthday - would be nice if England could have them out by lunch.

  11. Aus 375-7

    Lead by 228

    Mitchell Starc edges through the slips for four. It went down and was never a catch. This already feels like one of those loooonnngg Ashes nights.

  12. I like those new Asda uniforms.

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  13. Aus 367-7

    Head 123, Starc 22

    It's as flat as three-week old pop. Robinson looks like he's already looking forward to the flight out of Brisbane as he collects his cap at the end of the over.

  14. Stuart Clark
    Former Australia fast bowler on Test Match Special

    You have to get batters hitting drives, otherwise you're in for a long day. All three of Robinson's wickets came from full balls.

  15. Aus 366-7

    Australia don't look in any hurry. They're just ticking along with ease rather than attempting to score quick runs. We've already had our first rendition of the Great Escape from the England fans.

    On the unusual things near cricket grounds theme, I thought I'd got my car locked in a lawn bowls club in Cardiff during the summer.

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    Mark Poole: Fully expect to wake up to the headline 'England lose inside three days as Australia dominate the first Test'.

  17. Aus 362-7

    Head 122, Starc 20

    Aggers now has me wondering what the most unusual thing near a cricket ground is.

    Having not given it much thought, my best effort is the fancy dress shop outside Headingley. I'm sure you have better examples...

  18. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on BBC Test Match Special

    The Gabba must be the only cricket ground in the world with an adult shop across the road from it.

  19. Aus 362-7

    Lead by 215

    Mark Wood replaces Chris Woakes after two overs. He's bowling at 90mph right away but Mitchell Starc knocks him for a couple. Sigh.

  20. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Australia moved from 250 to 350 in just 17 overs, almost a run a ball.