Summary

  • Australia close on 113-4, trailing by 162

  • Superb Wood dismisses Khawaja, Smith & Head to move past 100 Test wickets

  • Warner chops on off Woakes for 28

  • England 592 all out - leading by 275 - after Bairstow's sparkling 99*

  • Australia are 2-1 up in the five-match series

  • Rain forecast on days four and five

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews and Tom Mallows

  1. 6 runs

    Eng 562-9

    Lead by 245

    And another one!

    Told you Jonny Bairstow was in the mood. He has just clubbed Pat Cummins away for another six over square leg.

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    The more runs England get, the more aggressive their field can be. 5 slips, fly slip, leg slip, silly point, short leg.

    GT in Hants.

  3. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    I wonder what weather forecasts the England team have at their disposal in a situation like this. It feels like they're too important to just have access to the same apps as the rest of us. Do they have Tomasz Schafernaker on speed dial in the dressing room?

  4. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    I think there are still a lot of runs out there.

  5. Eng 556-9

    Lead by 239

    It feels like England are just toying with Australia at the moment. Some of the Aussie players look desperate to get off the field.

    A 12th man comes out for a drink for Anderson and Bairstow. Is he delivering a message?

    Ben Stokes looks poised on the boundary.

  6. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    I think I owe an apology to the listeners when I said you can't clear these boundaries, they're too big. Even with nine fielders on the boundary Bairstow has cleared them.

  7. James Anderson does Bazball.

  8. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Oh, it's into the party stand, they're having a rave in there!

  9. 6 runs

    Eng 555-9

    There is more to come! Jonny Bairstow has just pulled Josh Hazlewood right into the Party Stand for six!

    The ball ends up under one of the hover covers right in front of the England fans, with Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith given a typically warm reception as they go and find it.

  10. Here is the best of Jonny Bairstow's half-century.

    There could be some more to come, too.

  11. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It's all attacking here from the Australian skipper here who is looking very fatigued here, more than I have ever seen him.

    This could be the last time we see James Anderson bat here at Old Trafford and he is making the most of it.

  12. Eng 549-9

    Lead by 232

    Pat Cummins, who has that exasperated look he had for much of yesterday, bangs it in short to James Anderson, who is able to see off the rest of the over.

    After that short rain delay tea will not be taken slightly later at the wonderfully random time of 15:53 BST.

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    Thing is, this isn't really Bazball as we know it. It's sensible aggressive cricket. No silly declarations and no silly shots. Bazball is evolving before our eyes.

    Chris, Dorking.

  14. Glenn McGrath
    Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    I'd say James Anderson's heart rate is probably a bit elevated at the minute.

  15. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    That's the biggest cheer of the day for the hometown hero.

  16. Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Ben Stokes is banging the window. It's not a declaration, he's just happy!

  17. Eng 549-9

    Ha ha. James Anderson has just charged Pat Cummins and clubbed him away for four.

    The Party Stand absolutely loved that.

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    Stokes is waiting for Bairstow to get his century before he declares...

    Jonners, Bury St Edmunds

  19. Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    Good little partnership this!

  20. Eng 545-9

    Lead by 228

    The field is spread again but Jonny Bairstow picks out a gap with a lovely late cut for four.

    Josh Hazlewood then drifts onto leg, with Bairstow is able to pierce the field again and find the rope.

    England are finding runs very easy to come by.