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by Timothy Abraham, Elizabeth Botcherby, Esha Nayar & George Booth

  1. Eng 304-9

    It's a curious game, Test cricket. If England end up keeping Australia out there tomorrow for another hour, that will be more valuable than a wicket if they Ben Stokes' side were bowling this evening.

  2. Eng 303-9

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    Four more. T20 hitting for England this.

    Joe Root stand and deliver, thumps Mitchell Starc back over his head for four.

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    Difference between bowling at Australia now or tomorrow morning is night and day.

    Ozzie, Muswell Hill

  4. 6 runs

    Eng 298-8

    Ben Stokes has a smile on his face.

    Jofra Archer flays a full toss from Mitchell Starc, who gets a yorker wrong, over long-on for six.

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

    Not the best bowling by Australia there. You either bowl good bouncers or slower balls, and Scott Boland did neither.

  6. Eng 292-9

    Joe Root joins the boundary hitting as he biffs one down the ground.

    That's 19 runs off Scott Boland's over.

  7. Eng 288-9

    Another boundary for Jofra Archer as he continues to give a heart swing of his bat. This time he connects cleanly and the ball races away through mid-wicket for four.

  8. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Two players sprinting towards it, but Jofra Archer gets away with it!

  9. Eng 283-9

    Jofra Archer swings to leg again to Scott Boland. This time he top edges it but neither wicketkeeper Alex Carey nor Marnus Labuschagne at square leg can get there.

    If I was cynic, I'd say maybe they didn't sprint quite as quickly as they could have...

  10. 6 runs

    Eng 279-9

    Jofra Archer runs at Scott Boland and then adjusts to pull him behind square and over the boundary for six.

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    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    On Mitchell Starc's achievement of a six-wicket haul in three consecutive Tests.

    In the history of Test cricket, he is only the sixth seamer to have a six-wicket haul in three consecutive Tests.

  12. Eng 273-9

    Steven Finn is talking on TNT Sports about whether Ben Stokes will consider declaring here as Australia start to employ some time-wasting tactics during Mitchell Starc's over.

    A helmet brought out for Travis Head, fielders asking if they are in the correct position. The usual shenanigans you would expect.

    England need quick runs, or to be out there bowling.

  13. Eng 272-9

    Joe Root is still there on 113 off 190 balls. But here's the best shots in his hundred.

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    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Mitchell Starc's five-wicket haul. It is Starc's 18th five-wicket haul in 18 Tests and his sixth against England.

  15. Eng 270-9

    Matthew Potts jogs out with some gloves for Joe Root, but it's a not-too-inconspicuous way to get a message from the dressing room out to the middle about how to approach this.

    It's abundantly clear from the first ball of Mitchell Starc's next over when Root attempts to ramp the ball over the wicketkeeper, but ends up toe-ending it to towards mid-off instead.

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    England batters used to fail due to superior bowling attacks, now they fail due to their own stupidity

    John Kirkness, Sheffield

    Given the number of ducks, do we regret not doing a bit more practice in Oz and not going to bat with the pink ball a few days ago. Mitchell Starc is exposing us again. Let's see the Aussies bat, but i'm guessing they kick on.

    P Duddy, Wiltshire

  17. Eng 269-9

    A beauty from Scott Boland fizzes past the outside edge of Jofra Archer's defensive prod before he blocks the final ball of the over.

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    Srinivas Vijaykumar
    CricViz analyst

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    Mitchell Starc now has 418 Test wickets, including 87 in pink-ball Tests and 16 in this series.

  19. Eng 268-9

    A fine late cut from Joe Root, off Scott Boland, brings him four through the vacant third region.

    England's bowlers, you suspect, wouldn't mind a few overs at Australia this evening

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

    It goes to show how important Mitchell Starc is to this Australia team.

    When England arrived they would have expected to play against Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon and Starc.

    And here it is in the second Test, there is only one of those players playing.