Summary

  • Crawley (0) reprieved by Starc no-ball

  • Australia declare on 416-8 - play can continue until 07:30 GMT

  • Khawaja, dropped on 28 by Root, makes century on return to team

  • Broad the pick of England bowlers with five wickets

  • Stokes unable to bowl because of side injury sustained bowling short balls

  • Daily highlights on BBC iPlayer from 17:00 GMT

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews, Timothy Abraham and Amy Lofthouse

  1. Anyway, the players are back out, and Jimmy Anderson will continue his rain-interrupted over.

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    Joshua Hickin: What an utterly pointless break in play. Zzzzzzz. Test cricket doing what it does best by trying to play as little as possible.

  3. Five days into 2022 and I'm getting angry about rain delays.

  4. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    The shower we just had was about 43 seconds. If it was a one-day game they wouldn't have come off.

  5. KhawajaGetty Images

    Why does cricket do this?! What difference will six minutes make?

    And surely, with a forecast this bad, you want to be playing as much as you can when it is dry?

  6. Play to restart at midnight

    It's not raining.

    There's no cricket, because we're going to wait six minutes to restart play.

    Why?!

  7. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Jack Leach has bowled really nicely to the right-hander. To the left-hander he has bowled round the wicket and bowled defensively as you would in a one-day game when you try to control the run-rate with boundary sweepers. If he comes over the wicket instead to the left-hander he'll be hitting the danger zone to take a wicket.

  8. The stumps are back in the ground, which implies a resumption is imminent.

  9. Geoff Lemon
    Australian journalist on Test Match Special

    There's not a splodge of rain on the radar so I think we'll be back on really soon.

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  11. Yep, off comes the big cover!

  12. I think it might have stopped...

  13. The SCG groundstaff charge onto the pitch like they're racing at the Olympics. It's impressive.

  14. Geoff Lemon
    Australian journalist on Test Match Special

    Here we go again. It's time to pull out the radars and figure out when we'll be back on.

  15. rain stops play

    Rain stops play

    Well, we managed 45 whole minutes.

  16. Aus 148-3

    There are groundstaff lurking...

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    Mark Burt: Never mind Broad, nothing short of a miracle could’ve changed the outcome of this series. England simply aren’t competitive and Australia, despite never getting out of second gear, have been excellent across the board.

  18. Aus 147-3

    I still think this field is too defensive for Jack Leach. I know why - England are wary after that mauling at the Gabba - but I just don't think it should be this easy to work the singles and let the batters work their way into a rhythm against the spin.

  19. Andy Zaltzman
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Jack Leach has bowled 31 overs in the series and still no maidens. Australia have got on top of him early on and he's had defensive fields. James Anderson has bowled 31 maidens on his own in 76 overs.

  20. Aus 145-3

    Usman Khawaja shows some good judgement outside his off stump to come unscathed through Jimmy Anderson's latest over.