England speedster's onslaught caps dominant day

And that brings to a adjacent Wide World of Sports' unrecorded blog of time 3 of the Old Trafford Test.

Goodnight!

When the alarms of Pat Cummins and his teammates buzz connected the greeting of time 4 of the 4th Ashes Test, the skipper and his men volition adjacent retired their windows and anticipation to spot rainfall drenching Manchester.

The Australians are hopeless for rainfall to lavation retired the Old Trafford Test aft the pulverising batsmanship of Jonny Bairstow and lethal gait of Mark Wood dragged the tourists into an adjacent much dire presumption than they had recovered themselves successful astatine the commencement of the day.

When stumps connected time 3 were called with Marnus Labuschagne connected 44 and Mitchell Marsh one, the Australians were 4-113 and inactive trailing by 162 runs.

Day 3 of the 4th Ashes Test draws to its adjacent with the Aussies inactive trailing England by 162 runs successful the 3rd innings.

Marnus Labuschagne (44) and Mitchell Marsh (one) trudge disconnected with the Aussies reeling astatine 4-113, pursuing the departures of Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Steve Smith and Travis Head.

The Aussies knew they had nary accidental of winning this lucifer erstwhile Khawaja and Warner walked retired to commence the visitors' 2nd dig, having been batted further into submission by Jonny Bairstow today.

Bairstow pumped 99 runs from conscionable 81 balls, including 10 fours and 4 sixes, arsenic England amassed 592 and a pb of 275.

The Aussies, who are starring the bid 2-1, are hoping rainfall washes retired the match, which is simply a sizeable accidental fixed the Manchester upwind forecast.

MORE TO COME.

Another Aussie batsman is connected his mode backmost to the pavilion aft Travis Head is caught successful a horrible presumption portion facing a Mark Wood bouncer.

Wood bangs the shot successful abbreviated and Head is beaten by the sheer gait of the England accelerated bowler, flinching connected his backmost ft and popping the shot up to Ben Duckett down quadrate connected the disconnected side.

Head goes for just 1 tally arsenic the Aussies autumn to 4-108.

The visitors inactive way by 167 runs and look to beryllium astatine agelong likelihood of forcing England to bat again.

Mitchell Marsh joins Marnus Labuchagne (41) successful the middle.

Pat Cummins and institution indispensable beryllium doing the rainfall dance!

That is simply a gutting stroke for the Aussies.

Steve Smith chases a Mark Wood bouncer down leg, gets a tickle connected it and is caught down by Jonny Bairstow.

The champion Aussie batsman departs for 17 arsenic the visitors gaffe to 3-97.

Pat Cummins' men inactive request different 179 runs to marque England bat again.

"The biggest, the biggest," Ian Healy says from the Nine studio.

"You saw Mark Wood enactment his hands up successful the air. The assemblage — they cognize however large it was."

Marnus Labuschagne runs a Mark Wood transportation down to good limb to prime up a azygous and trim Australia's shortage to beneath 200 runs.

The Australians are 2-76 with Labuschagne connected 18 and Steve Smith 11.

How galore prayers for rainfall bash you reckon Pat Cummins and co. person said today?

The Aussies endure different crushing stroke arsenic David Warner chops on!

One transportation aft sportfishing astatine a Chris Woakes transportation without getting immoderate bat connected it, the embattled opener is caught successful 2 minds.

He goes to permission but changes his mind, playing astatine the shot and having his stumps destroyed.

Warner goes for 28 arsenic Woakes claims the veteran's wicket for the 2nd clip successful this match.

The Aussies are 2-54 and way by 221 runs arsenic Steve Smith walks retired to conscionable Marnus Labuschagne, who's connected 13.

Stuart Broad has the stone and David Warner is connected onslaught arsenic the last league of time 3 gets underway.