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.
AUS 157-5, lead by 353, Wade 34, Paine 1
Leach doesn't have a cover fielder and Wade takes advantage twice. Firstly picking up two runs and then a boundary.
AUS 158-5, lead by 354, Wade 34, Paine 2
Archer keeps going, Paine blocks him away for a single.
AUS 158-6, lead by 354
GONE! Wade departs now.
Wade slashes at a loose ball from Archer and gets a big edge. Baristow dives to his left and grabs it one handed.
Wade c Bairstow b Archer 34 (76)
AUS 158-6, lead by 354, Paine 2, Starc 0
Mitchell Starc has come in above Pat Cummins. He'll be tasked to give it a smack.
AUS 159-6, lead by 355, Paine 2, Starc 1
Archer finds the edge but Starc puts it between the two catchers for a single.
AUS 164-6, lead by 360, Paine 6, Starc 1
Leach gets the ball to spin back into Starc who misses it. The ball beats Bairstow and goes away for a bye.
Tim Paine takes up the attack and punts Leach down the ground for four.
AUS 168-6, lead by 364, Paine 10, Starc 1
Four more for Paine, Leach throws it outside the off stump and Paine smokes it through the offside.
AUS 172-6, lead by 368, Paine 14, Starc 1
It's a reverse sweep from Paine this time and the result is the same. Four runs, 13 runs in total off Leach's over.
He's been very expensive in this innings.
AUS 177-6, lead by 373, Paine 18, Starc 2
Archer is direct to Paine. Making sure all his deliveries would hit the stumps and Paine can't get it away.
Archer decides to go a touch shorter and Paine takes it on pulling it away for four runs.
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