Summary

  • England close on 31-4 after Australia take 82-run lead

  • Starc takes two wickets in two balls & Boland removes Hameed & Leach

  • England's bowlers fight back on second day

  • Anderson stars with four wickets; Harris top-scores with 76

  • Daily highlights show on BBC iPlayer from 17:00 GMT

Live Reporting

Timothy Abraham and Kal Sajad

  1. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    This is a one-day field!

  2. Aus 126-4

    HeadGetty Images

    Jack Leach's first ball is drifting down the leg side, and an ungainly hoick from Travis Head picks him up two runs.

    I am not sure that this field screams confidence in your bowler.

  3. There are four men on the boundary! Dearie me.

  4. Well, here is Jack Leach.

  5. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    The worry for England is that it only takes one player to come in and play a few shots before Australia will be up around their first innings total and it could get hard to control.

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

    It might be worth giving Jack Leach an over before lunch just to get him into the game when the batters will be playing more defensively.

    But if the left handers are still in after lunch, it might be a risk if they take the attack to him again.

  7. Aus 123-4

    A firm thwack off the back foot adds another smattering of runs to Head's total, but he's fortunate not to be run out off the final ball of the over as Haseeb Hameed pings a throw wide from gully.

    Oh, I think he'd have been out if that had hit! Hameed is on his haunches, as is Joe Root. Hmm.

  8. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    That was a very poor ball from Ollie Robinson and he knows it.

  9. Aus 120-4

    Oh, not there. Short, sitting up for Travis Head, and he gratefully cracks the ball away to pick up his first boundary.

  10. James Anderson, after his superb spell, is off, and Ollie Robinson is on.

  11. Here's Jimmy Anderson taking the more than deserved wicket of Steve Smith a little earlier.

  12. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

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    It's been good to see England showing some spirit and some skill today.

  13. Aus 116-4

    I'm sure it's just a coincidence but my dog just snored himself awake, looked at the TV, saw Marcus Harris was still batting and went right back to sleep. I think he prefers Twenty20.

  14. Geoff Lemon
    Australian journalist on Test Match Special

    This is a huge opportunity for England. Marcus Harris is under pressure. Travis Head scored his 150 at The Gabba but he will give you chances, and Cameron Green is in next who has struggled this series.

  15. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Jimmy Anderson's spell so far reads six overs, five maidens, one wicket, one run.

  16. Aus 116-4

    Trail by 69

    Travis Head isn't having an awful lot of fun against James Anderson, and he plays his way through a maiden.

  17. Geoff Lemon
    Australian journalist on Test Match Special

    Marcus Harris really has had some luck today.

  18. Aus 116-4

    Harris 43, Head 1

    Lucky!

    Oh, that's a kiker. Marcus Harris sends a thick outside edge just - and I mean just - between a diving second and third slip. Third slip is quite wide, actually, which allowed Harris to get away with that waft.

  19. Aus 112-4

    The delivery that got rid of Steve Smith was so good that it's actually broken the bail in two.

    Travis Head gets himself off the mark with a thick inside edge, while Marcus Harris moves to the very important figure of 39 not out...

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  20. Ah, yes. In all the excitement I briefly forgot that England will have to bat again.

    But still, there's a chance here for England, if they can take it. Mark Wood is returning for a blast at Marcus Harris and Travis Head.