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 15-2, trail by 367, Roy 8, Denly 7
Denly dances down the track and flicks the ball away for one run to end the over.
ENG 15-2, trail by 367, Roy 8, Denly 7
Mitchell Starc will have the final over of the day.
ENG 15-2, trail by 367, Roy 8, Denly 7
Denly lunges forward and blocks the ball into the offside. Five to go.
ENG 15-2, trail by 367, Roy 8, Denly 7
Wide outside off stump. Denly leaves it alone. Four to go.
ENG 15-2, trail by 367, Roy 8, Denly 7
Same type of delivery, same result. Three to go.
ENG 15-2, trail by 367, Roy 8, Denly 7
Wow. An away swinging yorker from Starc, directed at leg stump. Denly does well to keept it out. Two to go.
ENG 18-2, trail by 364, Roy 8, Denly 10
Starc over pitches outside the off stump, Denly drives and picks up three. One ball to go and Jason Roy will face it.
ENG 18-2, trail by 364, Roy 8, Denly 10
Starc fires it down the leg side and Roy leaves it alone. He survives.
Stumps - ENG 18-2, trail by 364, Roy 8, Denly 10
What a day of test match cricket. England did okay with the bat to avoid the follow on and it took Australia a while to post a target of 383.
But Pat Cummins has blown England away with two wickets in two balls. Rory Burns and Joe Root are both back in the hutch and England have a mountain and a half to climb.
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