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

J Hazlewood to Root, Another jaffa! On a length outside off, the skipper looks to defend but the ball zips past the outside edge again.

J Hazlewood to Root, Outside off, shaping in, Root looks to defend but the ball whizzes past the outside edge. Hazlewood has some chirp which starts into a chatter. Root looks and looks and looks and then gives the cutest smile one can ever see. Even Hazlewood starts to smile. They say, if looks could kill. Here, it is, if looks could woo...

J Hazlewood to Root, Full and outside off, Joe looks to defend but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads.

J Hazlewood to Root, Outside off, punched towards extra cover where a lazy Matthew Wade refuses to bend. Hence, the ball refuses to stop, goes off his legs and the batsmen think about the single. But the man who wanted to be a pilot if his cricketing career did not shape up, charged to the ball from mid off and Root went back. Usman Khawaja it was.

J Hazlewood to Root, A length ball outside off, blocked towards cover.

N Lyon to Denly, Outside off, punched off the back foot back to the G.O.A.T.

N Lyon to Denly, Played through mid-wicket by the batsman.

N Lyon to Denly, Full and around off, Denly looks to flick but hits it a bit uppishly. It falls short of the bowler.

N Lyon to Root, Outside off, gently paddled through fine leg for a single. 219 more to win. That is the 300th ball faced by this pair. Awesome. Their entire first innings lasted just 27.5 overs.

N Lyon to Root, Full again, the skipper lunges and pushes it towards backward point.

N Lyon to Root, Full and outside off, Root comes forward and defends.

J Hazlewood to Denly, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.

J Hazlewood to Denly, Huge caught behind shout, but not out. On a length outside off, Denly looks to defend but the ball jags back in and goes off something to the keeper. Paine throws the ball in the air but does not appeal ferociously. Replays show that the ball hit the pad.

J Hazlewood to Denly, The batsman chooses to leave the ball outside his off stump.

J Hazlewood to Denly, Outside off, left alone.

J Hazlewood to Root, Outside off, Root plays it very late, tapping the ball through gully. Travis Head dives to his right but cannot stop it. Parries it away and concedes a single.

J Hazlewood to Root, A length ball outside off, coming in, defended solidly.

Drinks break. England are going strength from strength and this partnership has put them in a strong position. They still require 221 runs to level the series and hence cannot afford to relax a single bit. Australia have been decent with their bowling efforts but without much success. They will have to stay patient and focus on execution. Good part is that they are not leaking runs and keep England under check in that part. 21 more overs to go before Stumps. Can they pick a wicket or two?

N Lyon to Root, Loopy ball on off, Root takes it on the full and sweeps it past forward short leg for a run. Catch it was the shout from somewhere but it was well wide.

N Lyon to Root, Floated and full on off, defended off the front foot.