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. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

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    Good day to wear this shirt.

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

    The way England have played this Test has been incredible.

  3. Tea - Aus 39-1

    Another mixed bag of an over from Moeen Ali, including two full tosses and another that keeps low on Marnus Labuschagne, who successfully blocks out the last ball.

    Yet another extraordinary session of Ashes cricket (aren't they all this series?).

    Australia reach tea 39-1, still trailing by a hefty 236 runs.

  4. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    The atmosphere is deafening, I wonder what that must do to you as a batter.

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    I was just about to send the below, thinking I'd bring on Wood for a short spell! Is there a limit to how many bowling changes you can make (can you keep changing over to over so that so that a batsmen doesn't get comfortable against a particular bowler / pair of bowlers)?

    Dan, Stockport

    No limit, Dan. The captain can make as many changes as they like.

  6. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That was a really anxious twist of the neck from Marnus Labuschagne looking where the ball had gone.

  7. Aus 36-1

    Mark Wood squares Marnus Labuschagne and finds a leading edge that fizzes away for a fortunate four.

    Labuschagne had no idea where the ball went there. A brilliant over from Mark Wood.

    Moeen Ali to bowl the final over before tea.

  8. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That was a very hostile bouncer from Mark Wood.

  9. Aus 32-1

    Oof, that was a vicious delivery first up from Mark Wood as he gets one to spit up off the surface to Marnus Labuschagne, who takes evasive action.

    Wood follows it up with another bouncer that forces Labuschagne to duck down low.

    The crowd are loving this.

  10. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    Mark Wood is practically starting his run-up from the boundary in front of the pavilion. He’s just given the fans down there a little clench of the fist.

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    Khawaja c Bairstow b Wood 18 (Aus 32-1)

    It hasn't. Snicko confirms Khawaja feathered it behind.

    England make the breakthrough!

  12. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    All the fielders went up and the umpire raised his finger, so Khawaja is really just hoping the technology helped him.

  13. Australia review

    It does! Mark Wood gets some extra bounce and has Usman Khawaja caught behind.

    Khawaja has a long chat with David Warner before deciding to review.

    Surely he knows if he hit it?

  14. Change of bowling as Mark Wood comes on for James Anderson.

    Will his extra pace do the trick?

  15. Aus 32-0

    An up and down over from Moeen Ali.

    Moeen gets one to turn in sharply to David Warner and hits him on the back pad. It was too high to trouble the stumps though.

    However, it is bookended by two looser deliveries that are clubbed away for four.

  16. Aus 24-0

    James Anderson finds the edge of Usman Khawaja's bat but it drops short of Ben Duckett in the slips and smacks into his chest.

    That is the first false stroke we have seen so far.

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

    The pitch is playing really nicely and with a batting side that is determined you really think Australia should be able to get a big score.

    It looks like England will have to dip into their tactic box.

  18. James Anderson is a man of many talents.

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    Can someone explain the “new ball”? So both teams get a ball? And then the option of a new one? Or is it the same ball?

    Anon

    Yes, both teams get their own ball. Then 80 overs into an innings a second new ball becomes available, but it is taken at the discretion of the fielding team/captain.

  20. Aus 21-0

    Trail by 253

    Thankfully the rain is not heavy enough to stop play and there is a bit of blue sky in the distance.

    Usman Khawaja helps himself to another boundary as he flicks the ball through fine leg.

    There have been no real scares for the Australia openers so far.