91Èȱ¬

Summary

  • England lose three late wickets

  • England slip from 166-2 to 196-5

  • Burns 81, Root 71, Roy 22

  • Four wickets for Hazlewood

  • Burns & Root add 141 from 25-2

  • Rain & bad light shortens day

  • Australia 497-8 dec: Smith 211

  • Fourth Test, day three, Old Trafford

  • Australia will retain Ashes with win

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Amy Lofthouse

  1. 'It's grim - it's really grim'

    91Èȱ¬ Weather's Simon King: "It's grim - it's really grim. We're certainly going to get a delay this morning. Over the next couple of hours it will move on, but there's still a risk of the odd shower this afternoon.

    "As for the weekend, it's looking more promising. But that's probably not what England fans want to hear."


  2. 91Èȱ¬ cricket correspondent

    There is virtually nobody sitting out in the stands at the moment.

  3. I don't know if we are quite at the stage yet where England fans pray for interruptions - the batsman could score 500 yet - but the forecast rain has arrived at Old Trafford.

    It was pretty miserable on my drive into Manchester this morning.

    It's pretty clear we'll have a delayed start.

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  4. Yesterday there was a Steve Smith double hundred, dropped catches, wickets chalked off because of no-balls, an injured Ben Stokes and another failing England opener.

    It's fair to say England have had better days.

    Australia are well in command of this match after posting 497-8 declared and reducing England to 23-1.

    Joe Root's side have been here before in this series. We must not write them off but another poor day could be fatal for their Ashes hopes.