England vs Australia Live Score, 3rd Ashes Test, Day 1

C Woakes to Labuschagne, The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single.

C Woakes to Labuschagne, Good length ball around off, shaping away a bit, Labuschagne defends it from the back foot.

C Woakes to Warner, Starts his spell with a length ball close to off stump, Warner pushes it with soft hands towards cover-point. Denly there makes a partial stop with a dive and the batsmen cross for a run.

Stop the press! There is a bowling change! Chris Woakes gets the ball in hand.

J Archer to Labuschagne, Well left in the end! Archer continues to vary his lengths smartly. Alters his length and bangs in a short ball in the line of the stumps, Marnus does well to keep his eyes on the ball as he makes a leave.

Archer to Labuschagne, Archer goes very full this time, it's around off and Labuschagne does well to keep it out at the last moment.

J Archer to Labuschagne, Serves it on a length and just outside off, it's an outswinger, well picked by Marnus. He gets his front foot to the line of the delivery and then shoulders arms.

J Archer to Labuschagne, Short in length and the line is outside off, Marnus drops his wrists and allows it through to the keeper.

J Archer to Warner, Pitches it up and around off, Warner pushes it down the ground through mid off. Doesn't overhit it and gets three runs.

J Archer to Warner, Archer doesn't need any time to strike the right chord. Straightaway on the mark. Angles in a length ball, around off, Warner gets a bit squared up and defends it out from the outer half of his bat to the off side.

Here comes Jofra Archer. Again. 7-2-15-1 so far.

Predicto Praky - I would so love to be a bowler now. A fast bowler at that. Come in, bowl 4 overs, then go back and take rest. Again come out, bowl 4 overs and again return. A seamer's day...

S Broad to Labuschagne, Thriving for some movement, Broad overpitches outside off, Labuschagne drives it square of the wicket on the off side and returns for the second run.

The wait is over! The hover cover has left the ground. Two umpires walk out to the centre and they are followed by the English players. Out come Marnus Labuschagne and David Warner to resume their innings. Stuart Broad to finish his incomplete over.

A bit frustrating. Looks like the hover cover is coming off. The conditions stay heavily overcast and the English players, not surprisingly, are already at the boundary. No Aussie players to be seen yet.

Update 1523 local (1423 GMT) - The rain has eased off and the groundsmen are drying the covers. The resumption time is 1540 local. Stay with us.

RAINING! 'What a loss this match is!' screams my colleague Nabu in frustration. The players are off and the crowd boos but just as the players go out, it stops drizzling! Everyone is smiling and the hover cover is not even in place to cover the pitch. Root is happy to come out but the Aussies have already gone in and are in no mood to return. Hmmm.... the wind picks up and now, the umpires ask the hover cover to cover the pitch. Root and his team though, have not gone far inside. There is no dugout in Tests but if ever there was one, there is this area just beyond the boundary, into the shelters and the English are standing over there. Just as we type that, more covers come on. This might be a passing shower, so might not be too much of a delay.

S Broad to Labuschagne, Lands it on a length and close to off stump, Labuschagne is behind the line and blocks it safely.

Marnus Labuschagne is taking a double guard there, picks Ricky Ponting on air. Takes the middle stump first and then takes the off stump guard. Maybe, that will help him more with his trigger movement.

S Broad to Warner, Spears in a very full ball on middle, Warner tries to dig it out on the leg side but it takes the leading edge and rolls to covers for a run.