Summary

  • Australia close day three on 45-1, leading by 282

  • England slump from 150-2 to 236 all out

  • Australia opt not to enforce follow-on

  • Malan (80) & Root (62) play well but their wickets lead to yet another collapse

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Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne and Matthew Henry

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

    Can England beat Australia? It's not possible if they bat the way they have done today.

  2. Aus 41-1

    Michael Neser is sent in as nightwatchman with around three overs to negotiate.

    Another Chris Woakes maiden drifts by.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Warner run out (Broad) 13 (Aus 41-1)

    Stuart Broad does get rid of David Warner, but not in the way you'd expect.

    Both batters at the same end is never a good look. Warner sets off for a quick single, Harris is not interested at all and Broad swoops in from point to do the rest, with some assistance from keeper Jos Buttler.

  4. Aus 41-0

    Joe Root is on and immediately finds a bit of awkward bounce as it rears up and hits Warner on the shoulder.

    Somewhere in the dressing room, Jack Leach sighs "maybe next time" to himself.

  5. One bright spark from England's middle order batting was Ben Stokes having a bit of fun.

    He gave us a glimpse of Headingley 2019 with this one. Sadly it didn't quite end the same way.

  6. Aus 40-0

    A rare sight as Chris Woakes beats Harris' outside edge, completing another maiden.

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    A lack of talent is one thing. Failing to execute simple skills another entirely. Dropped catches, over throws, no-balls? What does the coach actually do?

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  8. Here is the closest England have come to getting a wicket so far.

  9. Aus 40-0

    Lead by 277

    Ollie Robinson completes a maiden but Marcus Harris gets through it with ease.

    A bunch of Australia fans are throwing an inflatable ball around in the stands, like a game of long-range volleyball. They seem to be enjoying themselves considerably more than the England supporters, unsurprisingly.

  10. Aus 40-0

    Australia still batting comfortably. England's bowlers still not offering much.

    And repeat.

  11. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    Jos Buttler has had a bit of a Rory Burns game.

  12. Aus 36-0

    Another over passes without much to report.

    Keep thinking of how hopeful I was after my first live texting stint this morning when Root and Malan had batted for the entirety of it. So youthful and full of hope.

    Yes, I'm implying that these last two sessions have aged me. Considerably.

  13. Aus 34-0

    Lead by 271

    Chris Woakes gifts Harris some width outside off stump and he capitalises by crunching it for four.

    Woakes' difficult game with the ball continues.

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

    Well, yes. Or eight.

  15. Glenn McGrath
    Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    England would love a wicket here, wouldn't they?

  16. Aus 25-0

    Marcus Harris flicks one away to the boundary for four as Robinson drifts too straight.

    Robinson replies by pinning him on the front pad but it's given not out and they opt not to review - it did look rather high. The first real sign of discomfort from either of these batters.

  17. The only England bowler with an element of difference, Ollie Robinson, replaces Broad.

  18. Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    What is Woakes doing in this team? I thought he was mediocre in Brisbane and much the same here.

  19. Glenn McGrath
    Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    I would have played Mark Wood. Without him, Stokes had to be the enforcer. He's a guy that you don't want to go down with an injury.

  20. Aus 17-0

    Lead by 254

    Broad and Anderson are bowling accurately but without any of the spark that Australia's seamers, Starc in particular, were able to offer.