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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Ffion Wynne and Matthew Henry

  1. Should Jos Buttler survive to play in the third Test?

    The Ashes: Jos Buttler caught for nought by David Warner off Mitchell Starc's delivery

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    Wasn't this the Test we were supposed to have been able to win??

    Julian, Cardiff

  3. Eng 179-6

    Stokes 9, Woakes 8

    We're only seven days into the series! All hope seems to have gone already.

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

    It's only the second Test, Steven.

  5. Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    During my stints on ABC radio, I've been trying to keep talking about the local cuisine I've been trying during my time here to distract them from the cricket.

  6. Eng 179-6

    Trail by 294

    Two boundaries in an over! What exciting times these are. One was a good drive from Chris Woakes, the other an edge through the slips.

    Does anything make you feel more depressed than this?

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  8. Eng 171-6

    Need 103 to avoid the follow-on

    The shadows have crept across the majority of the ground now. We haven't even got to the difficult bit under the lights yet.

    Mitchell Starc is having a breather after a spell in which he saw off Malan and Buttler. Jhye Richardson returns.

  9. Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It's been a marvellous spell by Mitchell Starc, he's just managed to find a slight bit of movement to the right handers.

    But it's not been pretty viewing for England fans. Nathan Lyon has whirled away beautifully to give Australia's seamers a rest and leave them fresh for the new ball later.

  10. Eng 171-6

    Stokes6, Woakes 0

    Aggers said at the start of the day England fans would start to lose patience if they collapsed today on the most perfect of batting days.

    I think I can see all that patience being burned up on my whirring Twitter timeline.

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    Jack Olsburgh: I’ve always been told being an English cricket fan in the Nineties was bad - but surely it can’t have been worse than this?

  12. Eng 170-6

    Trail by 303

    Chris Woakes is the new batter, by the way. I don't think I've mentioned that. That said he won't be around for long if the last hour is anything to go by.

  13. Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    Australia have taken 23 catches and not dropped one. We talk about the batting but that is such a big difference between these sides because England have let Australia get away from them on several occasions.

  14. Eng 169-6

    Need 105 to avoid the follow-on

    150-2 to 169-6.

    Add whatever adjective you like. I'll go with rubbish but you may choose something stronger.

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

    The pressure had been building. Starc drew Buttler into the shot by probing outside that off stump but that one was quite wide.

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    Buttler c Warner b Starc 0 (Eng 169-6)

    Feeble and inevitable. Having been caught on nought for 15 balls, Jos Buttler chases a wide on from Mitchell Starc and edges it to slip.

    It has all gone horribly, horribly wrong.

    The Ashes: Jos Buttler caught for nought by David Warner off Mitchell Starc's delivery

  17. Eng 169-5

    That's what England are making it feel like. Starc is good but he's no Glenn McGrath.

    Umpire has just given a signal that looked suspiciously like a warning to Starc for running on the pitch in his follow-through.

  18. Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    This is like watching Warne and McGrath bowling at England.

  19. Eng 169-5

    Trail by 304

    Are you feeling angry or just very, very flat?

  20. What has happened this morning?

    If you're just waking up in the UK and hoping to see good news about England's batting, look away now. Or just go back to sleep.

    It started perfectly with Dawid Malan (80) and Joe Root (62) taking England to 140-2 at lunch without losing a wicket.

    However, I'm not sure what Australia had to eat in the break but it's certainly worked for them.

    They've been helped by some questionable England batting though, as ever. Root and Malan both edged balls to slip that they could've left, while Ollie Pope looked completely bamboozled by Nathan Lyon as he chipped one to short leg for just five.

    Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes are the pair at the crease trying to save England from a crushing defeat. They still trail by 304.