Glenn McGrath
Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

Root and Malan looked comfortable. They showed you can score runs on this pitch. The Australian batters didn't look as fluent as Root and Malan. But then it only took one wicket...

Ben Stokes drives Michael Neser for a couple to bring up England's 200.

They need a further 74 runs to avoid the follow-on.

Isa Guha
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

England have had a lot of Test match cricket this year to try and solidify their batting for this series but they haven't been able to at all.

Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope have both been promising young starters, but then struggled. Rory Burns has his moments but there's too much inconsistency in between.

Then you look at how much cricket they've played, how much time spent in bubbles and it's not easy.

Chris Woakes is battling away and is a more than useful batter. But if I were him I'd be livid. He had a really tough day with the ball yesterday and must be exhausted.

He - and all of England's bowlers - would've wanted nothing more than their batters to do them a huge favour and bat out the day. Instead, he's having to try and save them from total misery.

Glenn McGrath
Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

It'll be interesting to see if Ben Stokes' approach changes should England lose another wicket or two. I reckon he'll go more aggressive.

This is a real challenge for Ben Stokes. He hadn't played Test cricket for a long time before the last match in Brisbane.

However, if there was ever a man who relished a challenge ...

Michael Neser takes the first over of the evening session.

He starts with a wide ball that Chris Woakes can't resist slashing at. The only problem is that he misses it.

Ben Stokes has been very watchful, as his 12 from 71 balls suggests. Chris Woakes has played the counter-attacking role, moving on to 23 from 25 balls.

The players are poised by the boundary rope, Nathan Lyon rolling around on the floor to stretch his back out for another crucial spell of bowling.

Let's try again, shall we?

And then, this happened.

Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler might have joined Rory Burns in the Worried For Our Place Club. The only problem is, I'm not sure there are many alternatives.

Believe it or not, while most of you lot in the UK were asleep, England batted brilliantly.

Dawid Malan and Joe Root added a century partnership and made it to 140-2 at lunch.

But then, this happened.

Thanks, Matt.

It's of course not fair to blame all of that on him, because there was some pretty awful shot selection too.

I guess we should probably recap.

When I took over at the start of that session Ffion Wynne said "if it all goes wrong after lunch, you'll have Matthew Henry to blame instead".

Well I was warned...

You'll be pleased to know Ffion is back.

Steven Finn
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

It's hard to sum up how important Nathan Lyon's role is and that's what England are really missing.

He's so consistent in holding up an end for Australia that while the bowlers have spent a lot of time in the field, he gives them a chance for a prolonged rest, so that their legs are fresher for their second and third spells.

Well the pain is at least over for a little bit.

England began that session 140-2 and end it 197-6. In a crowded field that's up their with their worst efforts in recent memory on the flattest of pitches.

Chris Woakes is actually playing a nice little innings here for what it is worth. He drives Jhye Richardson to the cover boundary for the third time in this little knock and then smacks Australia's inexperienced quick to the fence on the opposite side of the ground.

Steven Finn
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

The floodlights have just come on and half the ground is in shadows. Once that sun goes down, that's when it becomes party time for the bowlers.

Which is a bit worrying.

They are indeed, Joe. It's a good point. And the Big Bash is going on right now alongside this series. They do have a longer summer, however.

Ben Stokes is still scrapping away, looking a shadow of what we know if possible. There are six minutes until the interval when England will be spared, at least for 20 minutes.

If you're just emerging from your Saturday morning lie-in, all I can say is sorry.

To sum it up, England batted really well when you were asleep, and have collapsed now that you're all awake.

They've gone from 140-2, thanks to a century stand between Joe Root (62) and Dawid Malan (80), to 183-6. On a perfect day for batting, no less.

But once the set batters got out by prodding at balls wide of off stump, carnage followed.

Ollie Pope was all over the place for his five runs before gifting Nathan Lyon a wicket by chipping to short leg. Then Jos Buttler chased a wide one from Starc and edged to slip.

They still trail by 290 runs with Stokes and Woakes at the crease.