Summary

  • Bairstow, who was hit on finger by Cummins, impresses with brilliant century

  • Stokes, in visible pain with side injury, hits 66 off 91 balls

  • Stokes dropped on 9 & survives ball hitting stumps but not dislodging bails on 16

  • England lose three wickets for no runs in 70 balls either side of lunch

  • Malan caught at leg slip & Root slashes to slip

  • Both England openers out cheaply after being bowled through the gate

  • Daily highlights on BBC iPlayer from 17:00 GMT

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews and Amy Lofthouse

  1. Eng 69-4

    Bairstow 10, Stokes 22

    Jonny Bairstow picks up another couple as he fends Mitchell Starc away from his ribs.

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    Harry: England have found a way... they've glued the bails on!

  3. Eng 67-4

    Stokes and Bairstow do bat incredibly well together, so maybe the bail just wanted to watch them a little longer.

    Bairstow has called for a new bat while Stokes is pacing around, gingerly prodding his side.

  4. Geoff Lemon
    Australian journalist on Test Match Special

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    The ball was at least a ball's width away from the pad, how did umpire Paul Reiffel think that was out lbw?

  5. Eng 63-4

    I'm still thinking about the Stokes non-dismissal. I don't understand how that's been given out lbw!

    Anyway, Jonny Bairstow clips a Starc leg-stump yorker away for four.

  6. Mitchell Starc is coming on.

  7. Geoff Lemon
    Australian journalist on Test Match Special

    Ben Stokes has grabbed for his side again after playing that shot. Every time he plays a big shot it hurts him. He is down on his haunches now.

  8. Eng 59-4

    Ben Stokes swats Cameron Green away for four!

    Stokes instantly clutches his side and drops to his knees. Every shot hurts him right now.

  9. Geoff Lemon
    Australian journalist on Test Match Special

    That was a bizarre sequence of play.

  10. Eng 59-4

    Essentially: Stokes shouldered arms, the ball hit the off stump and the bail didn't come off.

    I, truly, have no idea why that was given out lbw. Anyway, Stokes uppercuts for a couple of runs.

  11. Geoff Lemon
    Australian journalist on Test Match Special

    It hit off stump quite solidly and the bail started to come out of the groove and then fell back in.

    I don't know how Paul Reiffel has given that out.

  12. Not out

    What a weird session this has been.

  13. Oh, it has!

    The ball has hit the top of off stump, the bail has moved, but it hasn't come off!

    It's nowhere near the pad so I've got no idea how that's been given out lbw...

  14. Someone is tapping the stump and the bail isn't coming off.

    I think the delivery has hit the top of off stump but the bail hasn't come off.

  15. Geoff Lemon
    Australian journalist on Test Match Special

    Are they saying that the ball clipped the stump?

  16. England review

    Huge, huge, huge appeal for lbw against Ben Stokes - and given!

    Stokes reviews and Marnus Labuschagne, for some reason, takes the decision to review personally.

  17. Cameron Green will replace Scott Boland, who has 2-5 from his eight overs.

  18. Stokes on plane home after this game?

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on BBC Test Match Special

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    Ben Stokes' head went up as he got back for the third run. He's starting to struggle here. You could see it as he played the shot too - he grimaced.

    I think he may be on the plane home after this game.

  19. Eng 57-4

    Ben Stokes is in a lot of pain, y'know. He's walking so heavily between deliveries, grimacing and touching his side.

    He plays a drive that gets away for two runs but that's cost him. He grips his side as he runs through for a single. He's such a gutsy cricketer but I don't know how long - or how wise it is, to be honest - he can carry on for.

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

    I'm not sure how that failed to carry. Ah, it came off the glove, that's why.

    The ball has hit the glove a lot in the England innings, far more than in the Australia innings. It is the extra pace and bounce.