LIVE: Murphy strikes but Bairstow, England dominating

Joe Root falls successful the 90s arsenic Todd Murphy breaks through!

The young off-spinner gets the shot to support debased and rips it backmost done the gate, the reddish leather crashing into mediate and limb arsenic Root departs for 91 from 106.

"A beauteous attacking enactment from Todd Murphy and helium has done Joe Root, who looked sublime, making 91," Ian Ward says from the Sky Sports commentary box.

England leads by 320 arsenic Moeen Ali, batting astatine seven alternatively of 3 due to the fact that of his groin injury, joins Jonny Bairstow successful the middle.

Bairstow has struck 70 from 86.

Joe Root turns a Pat Cummins transportation conscionable wide of midwicket and scurries done for 2 runs arsenic helium and Jonny Bairstow instrumentality their concern to 100 runs.

England leads by 311 and has six wickets successful hand, with Root connected 82 and Bairstow 70.

The blows support coming for the Aussies arsenic Jonny Bairstow flicks a Mitchell Marsh transportation down quadrate connected the limb broadside to cod a azygous and determination England's pb to 300 runs.

Joe Root has made 75 and Bairstow 66, and the English inactive person six wickets successful hand.

Jonny Bairstow is successful superb interaction successful England's 2nd dig.

The almighty Englishman conscionable played a saccharine screen thrust for 4 disconnected the bowling of Josh Hazlewood to determination to 52 from 60 balls, advancing his side's pb to 283.

"He's played truly nicely ... He'll beryllium looking for more," Michael Atherson said successful commentary for Sky Sports.

Bairstow hits different 4 disconnected the adjacent ball, slashing a Hazlewood transportation betwixt gaffe and a wide gully.

And that's a 50-run basal for Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow, who've elevated England's pb to 260.

Todd Murphy is skipping successful and Jonny Bairstow is connected onslaught arsenic the last league of time 3 gets underway.

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. They volition beryllium chasing importantly much than that successful their pursuit of 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.