LIVE: Incredible Stokes catching drama rocks England

Drama astatine The Oval!

Potentially 1 of the astir singular moments successful Ashes past has conscionable flashed earlier our eyes — and it volition beryllium peculiarly important if Steve Smith goes big.

Fielding astatine limb slip successful the last implicit earlier lunch, Stokes thought he'd caught Smith.

The English appealed and umpire Joel Wilson turned down the shout, prompting Stokes to reappraisal the decision.

Replays showed Moeen Ali's transportation had collected Smith's bottommost mitt earlier ballooning up to Stokes.

But arsenic Stokes was celebrating what helium thought was a catch, the shot spilled retired of Stokes' right hand.

Law 33.3 states: "The enactment of making a drawback shall commencement from the clip erstwhile the shot archetypal comes into interaction with a fielder's idiosyncratic and shall extremity erstwhile a fielder obtains implicit power implicit some the shot and his/her ain movement".

Smith survived connected 39 and the Aussies headed to luncheon astatine 3-238.

They request 384 runs to win.

Steve Smith belts a Moeen Ali transportation done screen for 4 arsenic helium and Travis Head bring up a 50-run stand.

The Aussies person steadied aft England's aboriginal onslaught, which claimed David Warner, Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne successful the archetypal 11 overs of the day.

"Good counterpunch, this from Australia, aft losing 3 wickets successful the archetypal hour," Nasser Hussain said successful commentary for Sky Sports soon earlier Smith and Head reached their 50-run partnership.

The Aussies are present 3-219 successful pursuit of 384 for triumph astatine The Oval.

A mini fightback present from Steve Smith and Travis Head aft aboriginal dramas.

Australia are 3/210 with Head connected 22 and Smith connected 21. 

Much has been made of the umpires' determination to alteration the shot successful the 37th over.

The shot chosen by the umpires was distinctively shiner than the aged ball.

"This shot is considerably newer, I deliberation it's really disgraceful that they've allowed a shot this caller to beryllium brought into the crippled astatine the signifier that they did, it's made it truly difficult," erstwhile Test cricketer Callum Ferguson said connected Nine's coverage.

Ian Healy: "Very difficult, it's swinging and seaming and right-handers are struggling with it and truthful excessively left-handers." 

Australia are successful existent occupation here!

A backmost of the magnitude transportation has been edged by Marnus Labuschagne to Zak Crawley astatine 2nd gaffe with Mark Wood breaking through.

A large concern is needed to prevention this game.

Chris Woakes is connected fire!

Usman Khawaja departs arsenic Australia usage up a review.

The opener was trapped close successful beforehand aft different superb transportation from Woakes.

Relief for Marnus Labuschange arsenic England pain a review.

Former England skipper Nasser Hussain called it a "poor review" aft the shot deed the Aussie batsman extracurricular the enactment of disconnected stump and apt would've been excessively high.

Marnus has been trapped connected the pads a fewer times present though. 

David Warner is gone!

A good made 60 for the opener, but didn't look comfy astatine each today.

The shot is nipping astir for Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes with a fig of adjacent LBW shouts.

Warner was caught down and Ian Healy says helium got retired from "trying excessively hard" aft playing astatine a transportation helium perchance could've near alone.

Australia are present 1/140.