Summary

  • Anderson and Wood strike late on first day

  • Broad has Warner (30) caught at slip

  • Australia won toss; lead 3-0 in series with two to play

  • Daily highlights on BBC iPlayer from 17:00 GMT

Live Reporting

Stephan Shemilt, Amy Lofthouse and Timothy Abraham

  1. Aus 92-1

    Oh! Marnus Labuschagne comes perilously close to edging Stuart Broad behind.

    That's an uncharacteristically loose waft from Labuschagne, who is normally so controlled.

  2. What you have missed

    Morning!

    It has been a frustrating day with plenty of rain, but we've seen more cricket than we perhaps expected to.

    The start was delayed by half an hour, before we got just 4.3 overs. We then had a 40-minute delay, before eight more overs. Nine more overs followed, before, yes you guessed it, more rain. This time the delay was over two hours.

    We've had 30 overs in total, and as has been the way throughout this series so far, Australia have got the edge.

    They won the toss and Pat Cummins opted to bat first and they are nearing 100 for just the loss of David Warner.

    The returning Stuart Broad had him caught at second slip by Zak Crawley for 30.

    Play - weather and light permitting - can continue until 08:00 GMT so there is plenty of time left in the day.

  3. Aus 92-1

    A clip off Marcus Harris' pads is all that comes from this latest James Anderson over.

  4. I'm just trying to imagine reading that last sentence if you're not a cricket fan.

    "A man runs on with a briefcase full of specially-aged cricket balls? What?"

  5. Aus 90-1

    Joe Root has brought the ball over to the umpire and is doing a bit of pointing at a certain bit of it.

    It doesn't seem to be going through one of those hoop things the umpires carry, so out comes the fourth umpire with a briefcase full of cricket balls.

  6. Jimmy Anderson is back on after that blast from Mark Wood.

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

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    England's bowlers have been disciplined on what I think is a very good pitch, despite looking like a bit of a green nibbler. There is a little bit of carry and bounce in it. Australia's batters are trying to build a platform, but England have to be patient and hang in there.

  8. Aus 90-1

    I've just been looking at the weather forecast and I was quite surprised to see it's meant to snow in Sydney on Friday. Took me longer than it should have to realise I was looking at the forecast for Manchester.

    I'm tired.

  9. Aus 89-1

    Now then!

    Marcus Harris calls Marnus Labuschagne through for a quick single, Mark Wood swoops on the ball with Labuschagne struggling to make his ground, and only a slide along the turf from Labuschagne gets him home before Wood's shy reaches the stumps.

  10. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    England have Jonny Bairstow at a leg slip to Mark Wood and are bowling to a slightly different plan to try to get the wicket of Marnus Labuschagne.

  11. Aus 87-1

    Marnus Labuschagne gets turned around again, this time by a rib-tickler from Mark Wood, but Labuschagne fends it away from Jonny Bairstow at leg gully.

    A later delivery from Wood rises on Marcus Harris and keeps going, eventually pogoing away for five wides.

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  13. Aus 80-1

    A nicely timed clip from Marcus Harris is cut off by a slipping and sliding Haseeb Hameed, who gets a round of applause for keeping Australia to just two runs.

  14. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Mark Wood has had the Aussie batters playing and missing throughout this series. You have seen him go past the edge a lot during this Ashes. The difference in the batting is Australia have played and missed, whereas England have edged everything!

  15. Aus 76-1

    Mark Wood fizzes a speedy delivery just over the top of Marnus Labuschagne's stumps. Just a casual 93mph from Wood.

    I suspect I'd find Labuschagne incredibly irritating to bowl to. Watching him is enough of a trial.

  16. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

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    I don't think Stuart Broad would make the best umpire if he takes it up when he eventually hangs up his bowling boots. He seems to want a review more and more these days compared to the past. Is he trying to put more pressure on them for more marginal decisions with his appeals, maybe?

  17. Aus 75-1

    Labuschagne 12, Harris 20

    Oh yeah, a thumping inside edge onto pad has saved Marnus.

  18. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    There was a definite inside edge on that. Stuart Broad wanted to review it, but there is no surprise there!

  19. Aus 75-1

    Huge, huge shout for lbw!

    Stuart Broad turns to the umpire - which usually means he doesn't think it's out - and pleads, but there's nothing doing.

    They don't review - did Labuschagne hit it?

  20. Aus 75-1

    Marnus Labuschagne gets in a horrible tangle, squared up by Stuart Broad, but the leading edge ends up rolling along the ground and past a diving Dawid Malan for four.

    Oh, four more! Broad spears the ball down the leg side and Labuschagne hustles it just beyond the reach of a leaping Jos Buttler.