The Ashes live scores: Follow the latest from Day four of the Third Test from Adelaide Oval
Hometown heroes Travis Head and Alex Carey resume as Australia look to bury England’s Ashes hopes in Adelaide as they eye a 3-0 lead.
Head (142) brought up his fourth consecutive 100 in Adelaide and will resume alongside Alex Carey (52) as they look to put England’s hopes to bed, leading by 356 runs.
Eyes will also be on Ben Stokes after he was unable to bowl an day three with his fitness under a cloud.
Follow all the news and action from day four live!
Brook in his bubble
Harry Brook is trying to get inventive in his search to get away, attempting to scoop Scott Boland and bringing out the reverse sweep with regularity to Nathan Lyon.
But he has still managed just 10 from the first 34 balls he has faced.
ENG 3-135
Brook’s battle
Is this Harry Brook’s day?
The one-time No.1 Test batter in the world has largely flattered to decieve on this tour.
Brook has scored seven runs off his first 25 deliveries, well below his career strike rate of 87.36.
ENG 3-131
Zak attack to 50
Zak Crawley has brought up a fighting half-century by driving Nathan Lyon back down the ground for three.
The milestone has not come at a quick pace by his own standards but has given him a base to get a big score his team desperately needs.
ENG 3-128
Head’s Test
Travis Head can do no wrong.
England were happy to target Nathan Lyon before the tea break but have found the South Australian part-timer hard to get away, with his four overs costing only nine runs.
ENG 3-120
Captain Fantastic
You wouldn’t know this is Pat Cummins’ first game of competitive cricket in the better part of six months.
The Australian captain, who just sent down a maiden to Zak Crawley, has figures of 3-19 from his nine overs.
ENG 3-110
Captain Cummins gets Root!
Pat Cummins has prized the critical breakthrough for Australia, sending Joe Root on his way for 39.
England’s star could not help but fiddle at a ball outside off stump and paid the price with his wicket, with Alex Carey completing a comfortable catch.
The tourists remain 326 runs adrift of their victory target.
ENG 3-109
Head nearly gets Root!
Joe Root opted to pad up to a Travis Head delivery outside off stump to a huge appeal from the Australians, which they opted to send upstairs.
Ball-tracking showed the ball would have just shaved off stump, denying the Australians a breakthrough but ensuring they retained their review.
ENG 2-109
Hometown hero into the attack!
Pat Cummins has sprung an early surprise after tea, with Travis Head to send down the first over of the third session.
The move may be a one-over ploy to ensure the fast bowlers operate from the correct ends but you would not put it past the South Australian to continue his brilliant series by prizing a wicket.
ENG 2-106
That’s tea
The bails have been whipped off to mark the end of a second session England would be happy with, though they remain a whopping 329 runs adrift of their victory target.
The tourists have ticked into three figures in large part thanks to the efforts of Joe Root and Zak Crawley, whose third-wicket partnership is now worth 75.
We’ll see you in about 20 minutes after the interval.
ENG 2-106
England taking on Green
England are also looking to take on Cameron Green, whose first two overs have seen him send a brilliant out-swinger past Zak Crawley’s outside edge but also bowl some loose deliveries.
The West Australian all-rounder has found the going tough with the bat in the series so far but prized the key wicket of Harry Brook in the first innings of this game.
ENG 2-95
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