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 54-4

    Another snorter from Pat Cummins, this time finding the edge of Jonny Bairstow's bat as he fends away from his body, the ball rising up on him, but it goes on the bounce to Usman Khawaja at third slip.

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    Simon Mahon: Slightly repetitive nature to this Ashes series whereby I wake up for an early shift to see England have lost more wickets than I've had hours sleep.

  3. Eng 53-4

    Scott Boland comes round the wicket and watches the ball go straight back past him for four, courtesy of a Ben Stokes on-drive. Lovely.

    Boland nearly gets his revenge with a delivery that jags back into Stokes, finding the outside edge of the bat but dropping just short of the slip cordon.

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

    There are all sorts of strange things happening at the moment.

  5. Eng 48-4

    Trail by 368

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    Australia have dropped three catches today - their worst catching performance of the series? - and England are still four down for not a lot.

    Sigh. Still. A life for Ben Stokes is no bad thing.

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

    Oh, Ben Stokes might have been dropped there. I think he probably was. Pat Cummins certainly got to it but he couldn't quite manage the catch.

    It is infuriating when you drop them off your bowling but it is so easy to do.

  7. dropped catch

    Stokes dropped on 9

    Ooft, that's gonna sting.

    Ben Stokes hammers a drive back at Pat Cummins, who gets two hands to it but spills it as he tries to land in his follow through. He had that, actually, but his momentum was taking him forward and he couldn't cling on.

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  9. Eng 48-4

    For the third time in as many minutes, there's someone moving about above the sightscreen and stopping play.

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

    Ben Stokes is grimacing quite a lot. He's not happy.

    He keeps pushing in his side and you can't help but do that when you've got that injury to see if it still hurts. He looks in a lot of discomfort.

  11. Eng 48-4

    A thunderous cut from Jonny Bairstow is well stopped by Nathan Lyon at point.

  12. Oh, a poor steward has had an absolute 'mare.

    A beach ball drifts onto the field and stops play, and as he gets within touching distance of it, the ball blows away and leaves him chasing fresh air. The crowd bursting out laughing doesn't help, either.

  13. Eng 48-4

    Jonny Bairstow ges in on the run-scoring act with a push through point off Scott Boland for a couple.

  14. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    England are galloping over the hill now!

  15. Eng 46-4

    That's a shot!

    Ben Stokes swivels and pulls Pat Cummins in front of square for another four. I don't know why we ever doubted them.

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

    Runs are coming in droves now...

  17. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    That was a nice looking shot from Ben Stokes.

  18. Eng 42-4

    FOUR! An actual boundary!

    Lovely from Ben Stokes, stepping forward slightly and driving Pat Cummins straight back down the ground and into the boundary rope.

    Oh, and it's a no-ball to boot.

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

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    Australia's lengths have been so disciplined so far - it is the sort of length that the batter always has to come forward to.

  20. Eng 37-4

    That run also means Scott Boland has figures of 1-2.

    Far too expensive.