LIVE: Aussies stunned by ridiculous Root stroke

Jonny Bairstow tickles 1 down the limb broadside and hustles backmost for a speedy 2nd and brings up his half-century.

It's been a superb instrumentality to the Test broadside for England's No.7 and wicket-keeper, but they'll privation him to spell connected with it here.

Australia needs a wicket, and fast.

Absolutely unreal batting this from Joe Root.

It's the archetypal implicit aft the beverage interruption and helium unleashes an unthinkable reverse scoop changeable to enactment Scott Boland successful the stands.

This BazBall concern is superior business. England motoring along.

Alright then, we're conscionable astir to get underway for the last league successful today's play.

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow good set, tin they footwear connected here?

Scott Boland to footwear things disconnected for Australia.

Kevin Pietersen connected commentary says Australia volition beryllium the happier broadside truthful far.

This time is truthful interestingly placed astatine the infinitesimal arsenic England heads into the sheds having added 116 runs for the nonaccomplishment of conscionable 2 wickets successful that session.

It looked similar it could spell pear-shaped erstwhile Brook and Stokes went successful speedy succession, but it's been a beardown concern betwixt Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow.

Who volition get the amended of the last session? Tune successful soon to find out.

"It's a 50-50 crippled astatine the moment," says Mark Taylor connected Nine's coverage.

He says Australia needs 3 wickets successful this last session. Says Root is the key.

Joe Root breathes a monolithic suspiration of relief!

Just 1 shot aft a palmy reverse expanse for four, Root goes for different 1 and looks to beryllium struck connected the pad and he's fixed out.

He sends it consecutive upstairs and replays amusement he's gotten a mitt connected it.

Root makes it 3 reverse sweeps successful three, sending the precise adjacent shot to the boundary.

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Joe Root sprays 1 done the disconnected broadside and brings up a well-made half-century disconnected conscionable 74 deliveries.

He's got a important relation to play successful the backmost extremity of this innings. England volition privation astatine slightest 350 connected this platform you'd imagine, ideally astir apt more.

Root needs a partner. Can Bairstow beryllium that man?

Australia abruptly connected apical present astatine Edgbaston arsenic England's skipper comes and goes successful a hurry.

Hazlewood floats this 1 crossed Stokes, who goes for a booming thrust done the disconnected broadside but lone succeeds successful nicking it done to Carey.

Erasmus instantly gives it out, but Stokes reviews for immoderate reason. That's a wasted one, arsenic replays amusement it's a wide edge.

Jonny Bairstow strides to the wicket. Suddenly immense unit connected Root now.

You volition apt ne'er spot thing similar this ever again!

Harry Brook has to spell and helium can't rather judge it. The scorecard volition accidental 'bowled Lyon' but that decidedly doesn't archer the afloat communicative astatine all.

Lyon is astir the wicket and gets 1 to bounce a small and there's initially cries of drawback it arsenic it lobs up successful the aerial aft hitting Brook's body.

The Englishman is looking to get his bat and hands retired of the way, lone for the shot to deed his backmost and rebound onto the stumps.

Australia can't rather judge their luck. That's a immense wicket due to the fact that Brook was looking truly bully retired there.

"I deliberation the cries of 'catch' caught Harry Brook disconnected defender there," says Aaron Finch connected Nine's coverage.

"Not seen galore of them and I'm not definite we'll spot them again."

"He's got nary thought wherever it is, Harry Brook, neither does Alex Carey," adds Mark Taylor.