Summary

  • England - set unlikely 388 to win - reach 30-0 at close

  • Khawaja hits his second hundred of match, off 131 balls

  • Khawaja and Green take Australia from 86-4

  • England bowled out for 294 - Bairstow 113

  • Daily highlights on BBC iPlayer from 17:00 GMT

  1. Aus 56-2published at 19 overs

    Lead by 178

    That is a very, very good catch from Ollie Pope, you know. It went low and he watched it all the way into his gloves.

  2. Postpublished at 01:23 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2022

    Geoff Lemon
    Australian journalist on Test Match Special

    LeachImage source, Getty Images

    Putting it in the air made Harris go for the expansive stroke. That's what drew the mistake. If it was deliberate, it was brave bowling.

  3. Aus 54-2published at 18.2 overs

    New batter Steve Smith predictably gets off the mark in emphatic fashion, one foot in the air as he flicks Jack Leach off his pads for a couple.

  4. Postpublished at 01:22 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2022

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    That was not a good ball. He'd been bowling fantastically at the left-hander but that was wide and far too full.

  5. Postpublished at 01:22 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2022

    Geoff Lemon
    Australian journalist on Test Match Special

    Jack Leach has a wicket... celebration day for England!

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    WICKETpublished at 18.1 overs

    Harris c Pope b Leach 27 (Aus 52-2)

    Gone! Leach strikes!

    This is not a good shot, for my money. Marcus Harris aims a big, booming drive at a wide Jack Leach delivery but he gets his shape all wrong, and an inside edge ends up nestling comfortably in Ollie Pope's gloves. Pope is having a very decent session behind the stumps.

  7. Aus 52-1published at 18 overs

    This is all just sort of meandering along at the minute, with both sides just trying to get to lunch unscathed.

    A terrific dive from Dawid Malan in the gully stops Marcus Harris cracking four off James Anderson.

  8. Postpublished at 01:19 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2022

    Geoff Lemon
    Australian journalist on Test Match Special

    PopeImage source, Getty Images

    Ollie Pope is very vocal behind the stumps. Jos Buttler was too quiet, we heard no wicketkeeping witticisms from him.

  9. Aus 51-1published at 17 overs

    Too full from Jack Leach, whipped into the bottom of Marcus Harris' pads, and Australia sneak a single off the last ball of the over.

  10. Postpublished at 01:15 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2022

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    JimmyImage source, Getty Images

    Jimmy isn't going to retire, is he? He will play until his body breaks, and why not - he's such a good bowler. Steven Finn was saying to us last night that whenever Jimmy had an injury and was out for months, he always came back and was just as good, if not better. That rarely happens with bowlers.

  11. Aus 50-1published at 16 overs

    Still bright sunshine at Sydney, by the way. Remind me never to trust a weather forecast.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 01:09 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2022

    #bbccricket

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    Tom H: Too easy this for the Aussies.

  13. Aus 47-1published at 15 overs

    Lead by 169

    Australia aren't running away with things at the minute, but the singles are just that bit too easy to come by. There's no real pressure being applied. And I'm not sure England have bowled right to Marcus Harris at all.

  14. Postpublished at 01:05 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2022

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    If I was a Test batter, I'd want to leave the ball like Steve Smith does and talk after a leave like Marnus Labuschagne does.

  15. Aus 43-1published at 14 overs

    James Anderson works his way through a relatively uneventful over.

  16. Postpublished at 01:01 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2022

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    LabuschagneImage source, Getty Images

    Labuschagne has come out and played a few shots. They'll want a bowl at England tonight if they possibly can.

  17. Postpublished at 01:01 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2022

    James Anderson is coming on in place of Mark Wood.

  18. Postpublished at 01:00 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2022

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    It wasn't too far away from Joe Root, but not close enough.

  19. Aus 41-1published at 13 overs

    Lead by 163

    Edged but for four by Labuschagne!

    He shapes to cut Jack Leach but it's more outside edgy than anything, and Joe Root at slip can't get his paw to it.

  20. Postpublished at 00:57 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2022

    And here's Woody having a bit of fun with the crowd after that diving stop!

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