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. new ball

    New ball taken

    Finally! 10 overs later than it was due, Australia have taken the new ball.

    Will it bring wickets or will England smack it all over Old Trafford?

    Maybe both.

  2. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    We haven’t quite seen the fireworks we expected and the atmosphere is a little hushed as a result.

  3. Eng 471-5

    Lead by 154

    Four singles off Travis Head's first over.

    My editor wants ChaosBall from here with Brook on 58 and Bairstow now settled in on 15.

  4. Part-time spinner Travis Head is coming on.

    He's gone for 48 off his first six overs.

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

    Australia have slowed the scoring down a little bit but England are still going four or five runs an over so they're =ticking along. They're probably getting closer to the 200 that they're after.

  6. Eng 467-5

    Lead by 150

    England's lead is up to 150.

    Another landmark ticked off.

    Coats and umbrellas seem to be disappearing. Good news.

  7. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    I reckon the rain has now stopped.

  8. Ben Stokes played some lovely shots and was ultimately very frustrated by being dismissed.

  9. Eng 462-5

    Umpire Nitin Menon is looking a little twitchy but we're going to continue for now.

    There's sun over Old Trafford as well.

  10. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    “You can’t play in this” says an Aussie voice behind me as the rain gets a little heavier.

  11. It's raining at Old Trafford.

  12. It's raining fairly heavily at our office.

    We're about a 15-minute walk from Old Trafford.

  13. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    Harry Brook's half-century was from 80 balls with four fours. It's his 10th 50+ score in just his 11th Test.

    In terms of number of innings, he's the third fastest player to the 10 50+ score mark in the history of Test cricket.

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    Nice century from Patty C

    Jim from Haworth

  15. Eng 457-5

    Lead by 140

    Oh! Harry Brook tries to slog away over mid-wicket but can only inside edge into his pads. The ball does roll back towards the stumps but it stops short.

    Brook then shuffles outside off and pulls for four to the fine leg boundary.

  16. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    England have scored their quickest rate in this series. They've hit it sensibly. Bazball with brains.

  17. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    Spots of rain are falling…

  18. Ben Stokes was giving Brook a big applause above his head in the changing room.

    He was still in his whites...

  19. 50 runs

    50 for Harry Brook

    Eng 451-5; lead by 134

    Back-to-back half-centuries from Harry Brook. He brings it up off 80 balls.

    A real coming of age from Brook in the last two Tests.

  20. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Australia are playing and hoping for rain. When a team is so negative and you take it with you when you bat, those balls that just do a little bit will get you out.