LIVE: England charge secures hosts slim lead

Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett are astatine the crease for the opening of England's 2nd innings.

Pat Cummins has the caller stone and England is starring by 7 runs.

Pat Cummins rocks onto his backmost ft and pulls Ollie Robinson, lone to nonstop the shot down the pharynx of Ben Stokes.

The Aussie skipper is gone for 38 and the tourists are each retired for 386, meaning the English person a first-innings pb of 7 runs.

"The past fractional hr killed america a spot — there's nary uncertainty astir that," says Nine's Mark Taylor.

"But this Test is acceptable up beautifully.

"The bully quality is that Nathan Lyon volition get thing retired of this track.

"The atrocious quality is it would person been bully to person a pb of astir 40 oregon 50.

"But the game's connected parity, it's a second-innings crippled and they're ever amusive games."

The Aussies mislaid their past 4 wickets for lone 14 runs, coughing up a large accidental to get a first-innings lead.

England volition statesman its 2nd excavation aft the luncheon break.

The English are up and about!

Shortly aft removing Usman Khawaja, the hosts scalp Nathan Lyon for 1 and Scott Boland for a duck.

Josh Hazlewood joins Pat Cummins successful the mediate arsenic England clings to a 15-run first-innings lead.

It's Zachary Gates taking power of the unrecorded blog for the remainder of time 3 — and what a clip to leap in!

The glorious innings of Usman Khawaja is implicit aft the seasoned opener was bowled for 141 by Ollie Robinson, the Aussies falling to 7-372 successful reply to England's 8-393 declared.

Khawaja skipped down the wicket but was bowled by a afloat ball, bringing to an extremity a sound that rescued the Aussies' innings.

The visitors stumbled to luncheon connected time 2 astatine 3-78, having mislaid David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith, but Khawaja saved the Aussies arsenic helium carved retired his maiden Test period successful England.

Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon are successful the mediate aft the departure of Khawaja.

Pat Cummins came retired with intent but present things person settled a bit.

After 112 overs, Australia way by 21 runs.

Australia are chipping distant astatine England's pb and way by 28 runs astatine the drinks break.

After the nonaccomplishment of Alex Carey, Pat Cummins 23* and Usman Khawaja 139 * are ticking on nicely.

So acold Ollie Pope, Stuart Broad and James Anderson person travel into the onslaught for England.

Remarkably, Carey was Anderson's 1100th first-class wicket!

"I'd accidental Australia has won that archetypal hour," Steve O'Keefe told Nine's coverage.

After 104 overs, Australia way by 33 runs.

The tourists are 6-360 with Pat Cummins 19* and Usman Khawaja 138*.

Moeen Ali has near the tract to person attraction connected his finger. It looks similar a nasty blister connected his spinning digit truthful England volition beryllium hoping helium tin get it strapped up rapidly and get backmost retired there.

Jimmy Anderson takes the important wicket of Alex Carey.

Anderson dishes retired a length, wobble-seam transportation which came backmost to sound the stumps.

Carey exits with 66 runs from 99 balls. Australia are 6-338.

Carey's concern with Usman Khawaja ends with 118 runs from 192 balls.

Skipper Pat Cummins makes his mode out.