The big gaps are back in India's slips again. I hope another edge doesn't go through.

There'll be a new ball available in six overs. That could speed things up.

Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

Australia are in a position where they could declare. You don't want to bat too long and not give yourself long enough to bowl India.

Australia have got a world class bowling attack, they should take advantage of that and put India under pressure

It'll just be a draw, Anthony. The Test Championship mace will be shared.

Alex Carey has a clear plan against Ravindra Jadeja - sweep, sweep and sweep again. It gets him a single.

Anthony: So if the 6th day isn't used for a winner and India do hang on until then end of the 5th how is a winner decided?

Pujara and Kohli have moved closer together now. It's too late. That horse has bolted all of the way across Vauxhall Bridge by now.

Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

It just went bang in the middle. You could argue that it was Kohli's, because he'd be going to his right so his stronger side.

Jim Maxwell has just said behind me that it's perfect placement, a great shot!

Aus 209-6published at 71.1 overs

71.1 overs

Edged through the slips by Alex Carey!

Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli are standing quite far apart and they both watched the ball go in between them.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator

You have to be pretty optimistic as an India supporter if you think you are going to win from here.

I'm going to put a stopwatch on Ravindra Jadeja's next over. This one, the first of the afternoon session, may have been under 90 seconds but a few seconds were wasted by the fielders having to chase the ball after a Mitchell Starc four.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket writer at The Oval

Certainly not the best, but a characteristic of watching cricket in Australia is the pies. They come with a small box of ketchup, which have a method for dispensing which is some of the most innovative I've ever seen.

There's a group munching on some chips in the stands as the players re-emerge for the afternoon session.

Will Australia be bowling by the end of this session?

I hope so.

Now that's a discussion I'm here for. They do an excellent sticky chicken thing with rice behind the stands at Lord's.

There were a few good shots in that session but no real evidence of Australia putting their foot down before a declaration.

Will that change after lunch?

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While those totals are helpful in debating whether Australia have scored enough runs already, you do have to consider other games.

On this ground in 2018, England set India 464 to win and the tourists, helped by big hundreds from KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, reached 325-5.

Rahul's dismissal sparked a collapse, however, and England bowled India out for 345.

If you go back to 1979, India made 429-8 as they saved a draw against England, also at the Oval.

• 406-4 v West Indies, Port of Spain, 1976
• 387-4 v England, Chennai, 2008
• 329-7 v Australia, Brisbane, 2021
• 276-5 v West Indies, Delhi, 2011

The words "cous cous is the most overrated food in the world" have just been muttered in the office, not by me I should add.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket writer at The Oval

Remember the couple with the beige cool bag? Lunch is a homemade cous cous salad. I knew they wouldn't let me down.

Just to avoid any confusion, although there's a sixth day scheduled for this match - hence the reference at the top of this page - it is only a reserve day.

That means it is there for making up time lost to weather interruptions in the match.

It will not be used to keep playing until there's a winner, if one has not been crowned by the end of the fifth day.

If there's no rain between now and the end of day five and India hang on, the match will end as a draw.