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Stumps have been called on Day 1. England are in some control of the 3rd Test despite the three wickets. They trail by just 3 runs, but don't count out an Aussie comeback tomorrow.
Updated : Sep 29, 2017, 11:26 PM IST
Hello and welcome to the live commentary of the 3rd Ashes test match between England and Australia.
OUT! Now it is keeper Nevill who has fallen to Anderson. The ball straightened from a good length after pitching, and Neville, expecting the outswinger, left it alone. The ball ended up crashing into the top of off stump. Australia 86/6.
OUT! Anderson takes another and now it is the turn of Mitchell Marsh. He's gone caught behind for 0. Australia 82/5.
16:40 IST, Wednesday July 29, 2015
Australia lost two wickets at the score of 38 before the rains stopped the play. On his comback, Steve Finn got the wicket of Steve Smith. Skipper Alastair Cook caught the ball at first silp.
Steve Smith scored only 7 runs in 18 balls.
Steven Finn's yorker claimed Aussie skipper Michale Clarke as his next victim. First hour of the third test is not going as Australian side would like to. Clarke returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs.
Before the rains stopped the play, Chris Rogers was on the pitch with 14 runs out of 36 balls and Adam Voges on the other side.
15:41 IST, Wednesday July 29, 2015
Australia put score of 13/1 in an uneventful over except for a four from Rogers.
15:41 IST, Wednesday July 29, 2015
OUT!!
David Warner bowled out by a short seam ball from James Anderson. Steve Smith has come to replace the opener. Warner played total of 6 balls to put up a personal score of 2
15:30 IST, Wednesday July 29, 2015
James Anderson came very close to getting David Warner's wicket on the very first ball of the match. Good running between the wickets. First over is done and the score is Aus 3/0
Did you know that Chris Rogers has never been out on a duck in Test matches?
15:23 IST, Wednesday July 29, 2015
Australia named an unchanged team from the one that thrashed England by 405 runs in the second test at Lord's to square the series at 1-1 after opener Chris Rogers was passed fit to play.
Rogers has recovered after suffering dizzy spells that forced him to retire during his second innings at Lord's after being struck on the helmet earlier in the match.
Wicketkeeper Peter Nevill, who made his debut in London in place of the absent Brad Haddin, retained his place.
England brought in paceman Steven Finn, in place of Mark Wood, for his first test in two years and in-form Jonny Bairstow, for his first test since January 2014.
Ian Bell moves up the order to bat at three after Gary Ballance was dropped.
Teams:
England - Alastair Cook (captain), Adam Lyth, Ian Bell, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, James Anderson
Australia - David Warner, Chris Rogers, Steve Smith, Michael Clarke (captain), Adam Voges, Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon
15:15 IST, Wednesday July 29, 2015
Australia has won the toss and elected to bat first
Third match in the five-match series is about to begin. Both teams have won one match each. The last time Australia won the Ashes after losing was 18 years ago in England when Mark Taylor's side suffered a nine-wicket loss at Edgbaston, but recovered with a rain-affected draw at Lord's before winning the six-Test series 3-2.