Ashes 2019: Australia wrestle back control after Joe Root and Rory Burns give England hope in fourth Test
Re-live all the action from the fourth Test at Old Trafford
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Your support makes all the difference.England face a fight to the keep their Ashes campaign afloat after Josh Hazlewood squashed a brave resistance from Rory Burns and Joe Root on day three of the fourth Test.
Responding to Australia's formidable declaration mark of 497 for eight, England closed on 200 for five, still 98 short of the follow-on target at Old Trafford.
Their hopes of saving the game and the urn were aided by conditions in Manchester, with morning rain and bad light in the evening allowing just 64 overs possible out a planned 98, while for long periods Burns (81) and Root (71) appeared in control of matters.
In the end the pair shared a defiant stand of 141 in nearly 53 overs - their second-century partnership and England's biggest of the series - only for Hazlewood to intervene with a late, decisive spell. Re-live the action live:
When is the fourth Ashes Test?
The fourth Test takes place on 4-8 September at Old Trafford.
What time does it start?
The toss will take place at 10:30am on Wednesday 4 September, with play due to get underway each day at 11am.
Where can I watch it?
The Test will be shown live on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event from 10am.
Teams
England: Burns, Denly, Root, Roy, Stokes, Bairstow, Buttler, Overton, Archer, Broad, Leach.
Australia: Warner, Harris, Labuschagne, Smith, Head, Wade, Paine, Cummins, Starc, Lyon, Hazlewood.
ENG 185-4, Roy 15, Stokes 1
Two singles off Lyon's first two balls including one for Stokes to get him off the mark.
ENG 189-4, Roy 18, Stokes 2
Roy pushes Lyon through the covers and some good running brings him three more runs.
Lyon beats the outside edge of Stokes' bat as he pushes forward. Stokes rocks back for the next ball and pushes him away for a single.
ENG 190-4, Roy 18, Stokes 3
Hazlewood hurries Stokes with a short ball at his neck. Stokes gloves it away for one run.
ENG 190-4, Roy 18, Stokes 3
That's filth Jason.
Hazlewood bowls a short, wide ball at Roy who swipes at it and goes over the top of the ball trying to play it to leg.
Just leave them alone Jason... unless that was a Smith-esque leave in which case, well played.
ENG 192-4, Roy 18, Stokes 5
Lyon is spinning the ball away from Ben Stokes and causing him some trouble. Stokes looks as though he's just trying to survive.
Lyon drifts onto the pads and Stokes gets him away for two runs.
ENG 196-4, Roy 22, Stokes 5
This will be a testing time for both of these batsmen. They need to get England to the close of play something that goes against their natural games.
Roy punches Hazlewood through the offside for four. He got on top of the bounce and controlled it well.
ENG 196-5
GONE! Oh no.
Hazlewood nips the ball back into Roy, much in the same way he did for Root. The ball cuts back through the gap between Roy's bat and pad and it knocks middle stump out of the ground.
Roy b Hazlewood 22 (33)
ENG 196-5, Stokes 5, Bairstow 0
Hazlewood now has 4-46 and he's been devastating since coming back on taking three wickets and ending the good work of Root and Burns.
ENG 198-5, Stokes 5, Bairstow 2
Jonny Bairstow edges Hazlewood away to get off the mark. The new ball is only seven overs away and England still need another 100 runs to avoid the follow on.
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