Right, the players are back.

There are 35 overs left so probably around two and a half hours cricket if we go the distance.

Can England survive?

That is genuinely what Amy and I have thought the SCG would look like for the last two days and we've barely seen any rain!

Ben Stokes is literally playing with half a body, but he has batted really nicely. He has paced his innings well, which wasn't necessarily the case earlier in the series when he was making his return to the side.

He is in immense pain with that left side strain. He is standing up for the cause though.

England have battled hard today - just ask Joe Root.

They have been better with the bat in this Test and you just wonder what would may have been in this series if they'd shown this earlier on. You can't win games with scoring less than 300 but if they'd do that the pressure shifts may have resulted in a different series.

Zak Crawley batted absolutely beautifully at the start of the day.

He made 77 - hitting 13 fours, as he superbly latched on to any length - before being trapped lbw by a Cameron Green yorker.

It should have booked his spot in the side for the foreseeable. It was a reminder of his undoubted ability.

England have lost four wickets today.

Here they are.

Thanks Amy.

England should be able to see this out from here, shouldn't they? The new ball, which is due in 13 overs time, will go a long way to deciding the game.

The two sides can shake hands at any stage in the final hour - which starts when there are 15 overs remaining, so in 20 overs time.

Australia need six wickets. England need to see out 35 overs.

Which way is it going? I'll let Callum Matthews take you through the denouement.

Ian Chappell
Former Australia captain on Test Match Special

It's still those last four England batsmen which will keep me going as the fielding captain.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on BBC Test Match Special

I don't think England will be getting any further help from the weather this evening. The skies are blue and the clouds are high.

England will have another 35 overs to negotiate after the break.

Ian Chappell
Former Australia captain on Test Match Special

Bairstow is playing for tea here.

Oh, this will be the final over before tea.

Nathan Lyon will bowl it.

Ben Stokes is shaking his head as he meets Jonny Bairstow in the middle.

Ben Stokes is speaking to the umpire and gesturing towards the boundary. I think someone might have said something to him...

Pat Cummins comes over and all three turn to look at the crowd.

And one of those deliveries did for Joe Root, of course.

In 17 overs, Scott Boland has not bowled a single delivery on a 'fuller' length...

I think about three of those six deliveries actually hit the pitch.

Lovely, lovely dross bowling. One of my favourite things about fifth-day Test cricket.

I suspect this is an over to hurry Australia along to the new ball.

An absolutely appalling delivery is hoicked for four by Ben Stokes.