LIVE: Aussies crumble in horror session at The Oval

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The last league of the time begins arsenic Chris Woakes zips successful to vessel to Pat Cummins.

England volition person a caller shot disposable successful 5 overs' time.

A dismal league by the Aussies draws to a adjacent arsenic Steve Smith and Pat Cummins locomotion disconnected with the tourists 7-186 and trailing by 97 runs.

The Aussies mislaid 5-71 arsenic Usman Khawaja (47), Travis Head (four), Mitchell Marsh (16), Alex Carey (10) and Mitchell Starc (seven) departed.

Champion duo Stuart Broad ignited the onslaught by taking 2 wickets successful his archetypal 2 overs, earlier James Anderson broke done 2 days earlier his 41st birthday.

Joe Root and Mark Wood past claimed a wicket each.

Smith and Cummins volition resume connected 40 and 1 respectively aft tea.

The Aussies are wilting successful this league — they've mislaid 5-70 since lunch.

Mitchell Starc is the latest to spell arsenic the tourists gaffe to 7-185 successful reply to England's 283 each out.

Starc hooks a Mark Wood transportation and the shot is gobbled up by Ben Duckett moving successful from the good limb boundary.

"This is simply a unspeakable league for Australia, really," Callum Ferguson says connected Nine's coverage.

"England are taking control."

Pat Cummins joins Steve Smith (40) successful the middle.

Mitchell Starc glances a Mark Wood transportation down to good limb and picks up a azygous arsenic the Aussies' shortage dips beneath 100 runs.

The Aussies suffer a FOURTH wicket successful the 2nd league arsenic Alex Carey departs.

The Aussie gloveman drives a Joe Root transportation and scoops a drawback to Ben Stokes astatine cover, the England skipper taking his 100th drawback successful Test cricket.

The Aussies were ever going to find themselves successful occupation if they mislaid a flurry of wickets, having go truthful bogged down. Marnus Labuschagne (nine from 82) and Usman Khawaja (47 from 157) were the culprits.

On the contrary, the English were bowled retired successful conscionable 54.4 overs connected time one, but the accelerated tally complaint astatine which they scored meant they avoided disaster.

"There conscionable hasn't been capable intent by the Aussie batters," Ricky Ponting says successful commentary.

"Simple arsenic that."

The Aussies gaffe to 6-170 arsenic Mitchell Starc walks retired to bat with Steve Smith, who's made 32.

James Anderson breaks done to region Mitchell Marsh!

Two days earlier his 41st birthday, the legendary England seamer bowls the Aussie all-rounder for his 689th Test wicket.

Marsh fences astatine a magnitude transportation and chops it on, departing for 16.

The Aussies are 5-151 and person mislaid 3 wickets successful the 9 overs since lunch!

England was bowled retired for 283 connected time one.

Stuart Broad is connected a tear!

Play resumes aft luncheon and the champion quick snares 2 wickets successful the archetypal 3 overs.

He traps Usman Khawaja lbw for 47 and, successful his adjacent over, has Travis Head caught down for four.

The Aussies are each of a abrupt 4-130!

The English were bowled retired for 283 connected time one.

It's Zachary Gates jumping successful the unrecorded blog arsenic luncheon is taken connected the 2nd time with the Aussies 2-115 and trailing by 168 runs.

It brings to adjacent a dour league astatine The Oval successful which the Aussies mustered conscionable 54 runs from 26 overs, scoring astatine 2.07 runs per over.

Marnus Labuschagne dawdled, making 9 runs from 82 balls. The right-hander departed erstwhile Joe Root took a sublime drawback astatine archetypal slip, which Glenn McGrath described arsenic "unbelievable" connected BBC radio.

Usman Khawaja has besides operated astatine an incredibly dilatory tally rate, taking 152 balls to scope 47 runs.

Khawaja and Steve Smith volition resume connected 47 and 13 respectively aft lunch.

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