LIVE: England four down but daunting lead piling up

Play breaks for beverage with the English 4 wickets down and starring by 253 runs.

Joe Root has struck 61 from 58 and Jonny Bairstow has besides batted with large intent since arriving successful the mediate pursuing the departure of Harry Brook, hammering 34 from 35.

Australia claimed 3 wickets successful the 2nd league — those of Zak Crawley (73), Ben Stokes (42) and Brook (seven), but the world is the tourists are bleeding runs and are hopeless for speedy wickets aft tea.

The Australians hunted down 280 runs to triumph the archetypal Test. It's looking similar they volition request to pursuit astatine slightest that galore to triumph astatine The Oval.

The Aussies are warring backmost astatine The Oval!

Josh Hazlewood removes Harry Brook arsenic the Aussies instrumentality a 2nd wicket successful consecutive overs, Brook departing soon aft Ben Stokes.

Hazlewood puts the shot connected a magnitude and Brook edges it done to Alex Carey portion defending connected his backmost foot.

"If they tin get a spot of a rotation connected here, Australia, geez, they tin truly commencement to get themselves backmost into this game," Callum Ferguson says connected Nine's coverage.

Brook falls for 7 with the English present 4 down and starring by 210.

Ben Stokes takes connected Todd Murphy and holes out!

The England captain smacks Murphy done the 'v' but picks retired Pat Cummins astatine mid-on, departing for 42.

"Big wicket, immense wicket for Murphy, immense wicket for Australia, Stokes is gone," Ian Ward says successful commentary for Sky Sports.

England is 3 down and leads by 201.

Harry Brook walks retired to bat with Joe Root, who's made 50.

The Aussies are continuing to bleed runs astatine The Oval.

The English present pb by 200 runs and are inactive lone 2 wickets down.

Joe Root conscionable smacked 3 fours disconnected a Mitchell Starc over.

Joe Root pulls a Mitchell Starc transportation for 4 arsenic helium and Ben Stokes bring up a 50-run partnership.

England is 2 down and starring by 181 runs with Stokes connected 37 and Root 35.

Pat Cummins throws Todd Murphy the shot 35 overs into England's innings.

The rookie off-spinner is brought connected to vessel with England 2 down and starring by 174 runs.

"I'm delighted Pat Cummins has gone to Todd Murphy," Mark Taylor says successful commentary for Sky Sports.

Murphy took 2-22 from six overs successful England's archetypal dig, bowling Moeen Ali and Mark Wood.

That was agonisingly close!

Joe Root remains successful the mediate aft an Aussie reappraisal for lbw falls abbreviated by a miniscule margin.

The Aussies instrumentality umpire Joel Wilson's not-out telephone upstairs due to the fact that Steve Smith thinks a Josh Hazlewood shot deed Root's beforehand pad earlier hitting his bat.

That proves to person been the case, and the shot was going to smash into off, but it's umpire's telephone regarding impact.

Root survives connected 4 with the English 2 down and starring by 139.

The Aussies snare a important 2nd wicket arsenic Pat Cummins gets Zak Crawley driving and nicking.

The Aussie skipper bowls the shot afloat connected a fifth-stump line, Crawley tries to thrust done screen and the England opener nicks a drawback to Steve Smith astatine thorax tallness successful the slips.

The English are 2 down and pb by 128 runs arsenic Joe Root walks retired to conscionable Ben Stokes, who's made 20.