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 264-8, Buttler 20, Broad 0
Buttler cant find a single off the last delivery and Cummins will get a full over at Broad.
Full, straight and fast should do here Pat.
ENG 264-8, Buttler 20, Broad 0
Short leg, leg slip, two slips and a gully for Broad. Cummins should work him over.
Short first up, Broad jumps to defend it.
ENG 264-8, Buttler 20, Broad 0
Broad's hopping around again as Cummins fires it in at his body. He's setting Broad up for the full, straight one.
ENG 269-8, Buttler 20, Broad 0
Five wides. Five wides!
Cummins once again fires the ball down in his own half of the pitch and it sails over Paine's head to the boundary.
Broad isn't happy he has to face another delivery from Cummins.
ENG 270-8, Buttler 20, Broad 1
That's the full one.
Broad plays back to that as well but he manages to get bat on ball and takes a single with one ball left in the over.
ENG 274-8, Buttler 24, Broad 1
Poor from Cummins.
He sets the field for a short ball but bowls it full and wide to Buttler, who stands and smashes it for four over point.
ENG 274-8, Buttler 24, Broad 1
There's a delay here as the physio comes on to check over Stuart Broad. He seems to be having trouble with his left elbow.
After a bit of a massage Broad is ready to go.
ENG 275-8, Buttler 24, Broad 2
Lyon turns the ball away from Broad and he gets a single to backward point.
ENG 276-8, Buttler 25, Broad 2
Buttler thinks Broad is capable of seeing off Lyon and he taps the ball into the leg side and picks up one for himself.
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