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by Elizabeth Botcherby & Timothy Abraham

  1. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Steve Smith of AustraliaGetty Images

    Josh Tongue has made the breakthrough! It looked unlikely but it has happened.

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    Smith c Smith b Tongue 138 (Aus 544-8)

    Josh Tongue is a bit more of a wicket-to-wicket-on-the-money type and his accuracy pays off in his first over as he snares Steve Smith for the sixth time in all cricket.

    Tongue lands it fuller on a length, round about off stump, and squares Smith up. The Aussie gets a thin edge with a defensive poke.

    England wicketkeeper Jamie Smith snaffles a straightforward catch behind the stumps.

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    Finally the weight of trying to carry the team catches up to Stokes...

    Brian Crowley, Birmingham

  4. Aus 542-7

    Lead by 158 runs

    Harry Brook. Your time has come...

    Brydon Carse yet to find his rhythm here and midway through his second over over he drifts on to Beau Webster's pads and is flicked fine for four.

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

    Ben Stokes of England reacts to an injury during day fourGetty Images

    Very sad to see the skipper walking off like that. It looks like it is his groin that is the problem.

    It is amazing that he has got to all five matches with his injury record.

  6. Aus 535-7

    Jacob Bethell bowls the remaining two balls of Ben Stokes' over, conceding a couple of runs off the bat of Beau Webster.

    We'll bring you any updates on Stokes' fitness and ability to bat as we get them.

  7. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

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    Ben Stokes' day could well be over. This will be a very sad end if he does not come back on.

    He is clearly injured.

  8. Stokes limps off

    Ben Stokes is limping and unable to complete his second over having bowled four balls.

    He chews on his collar as he trudges off.

    A blow to England's hopes of saving this game.

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

    Nicely batted from Beau Webster. He came in in a nice position when there was not too much pressure on the game.

    A mature cricketer.

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    Fifty for Webster

    Beau Webster works Ben Stokes off his pads for a single notch an Ashes half-century.

    The man nicknamed 'Slug' has got there in 64 balls.

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    Enjoy it chaps. I’m afraid this is the first time this series I’m going to bed and leaving the cricket alone…

    Tom Fletcher, Sheffield

    So Australia to put in another couple of hundred. Smith to get his double and England to be all out by 2am? Lovely.

    Tom, Manchester

    Is this the end of Bazball?

    Cricket Fan, Belfast

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

    Beau Webster knows how to score runs. He is better in that way than Cameron Green.

    Webster understands his game from playing a lot of cricket.

  13. Aus 531-7

    Lead by 147

    Brydon Carse is his usual loose self at the start of the spell.

    He gives too much width to Beau Webster with his third ball, and the Aussie all-rounder is able to use his long levers to cut the England seamer for four.

    Ho hum.

  14. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

    A typical Steve Smith precision shot early on. He is just getting himself in the groove.

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    Steve Smith punches a straight drive for a couple, then gives himself room and creams the final ball of the over from Ben Stokes through the covers for four.

    There's a smattering of applause. The SCG looks half full at the moment.

  16. Thanks, Matt.

    I have the dregs of Christmas - a solitary mince pie and a slice of limoncello panettone - to sustain me.

    Ben Stokes has ball in hand. Steve Smith is idiosyncratically going through his rituals at the striker's end.

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    Timothy, I doff my cap to you starting a stint at what's bedtime for the rest of us and having to cover this deadest of dead rubbers. Good luck!

    Matt Simper, Derby

  18. Steve Smith touches the Australian flag as he heads out to the middle with Beau Webster.

    Ben Stokes has England in a group huddle, doubtless offering some platitudes or other about "pride".

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    Off to bed now, but fully expect to wake up to England having lost by an innings.

    Max, Stroud

  20. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    England looked tried and bedraggled walking off yesterday. Ben Stokes' face looked crumpled.

    It is difficult to turn momentum around when it is not going your way.