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 283-8, Buttler 27, Broad 5
Oh Broady.
He jumps across his stumps and defends the ball as Starc targets the stumps. Broad then fiddles for the ball outside off stump and plays and misses.
ENG 283-9
GONE! Comprehensive.
Starc targets the stumps again, the ball nips into Stuart Broad from off the surface and breaks the stumps.
Broad b Starc 5 (29)
ENG 283-9, Buttler 27, Leach 0
Jack Leach, England's new cult hero, comes to the crease to a fantastic applause from the Old Trafford crowd.
He's got one ball to defend from Starc and he does so.
ENG 283-9, Buttler 27, Leach 0
Buttler vs Lyon.
How does Buttler handle this situation?
ENG 283-9, Buttler 27, Leach 0
Lyon goes wide and Buttler tries to drive but only manages to hit it back to Lyon.
ENG 287-9, Buttler 31, Leach 0
Lyon drags it short and wide and Buttler cuts him away for four runs.
ENG 287-9, Buttler 31, Leach 0
Buttler can't get Lyon away for a single so Starc has a full over at Jack Leach.
ENG 291-9, Buttler 31, Leach 4
Leach gets off the mark. Starc pitches it up to Leach who drives the ball down the ground and picks up four runs.
The crowd love it.
ENG 291-9, Buttler 31, Leach 4
The England fans haven't had a lot to cheer about in this test match but they're fully behind Jack Leach.
Starc hits Leach on the pads in front of the stumps, everyone appeals and Marais Erasmus gives it not out.
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