Live updates from the final day of the first TestBroad: ‘Australia start fights and moan when someone comes back’Day four report: Root dismissal leaves England facing defeatYou can email Daniel here or tweet him here 3.02am BST 69th over: England 175-4 (Stokes 17, Bairstow 21) Here we go! 90 minutes into the final day, Astle is getting a bowl! Stokes nabs his first run in ages, down to deep square, and then Bairstow is late on one, an inside edge earning him two, before a drive through cover punishes a ball dragged down. It seems like we’re all waiting for the new ball now. 2.58am BST 68th over: England 168-4 (Stokes 16, Bairstow 15) Todd Astle is warming up vigorously but Wanger has the ball and drops a bit shorter – Bairstow dabs him nicely into cover and they run two, the first addition to the score in roughly a decade. A bouncer past the phizog follows, but Bairstow has no problem watching it go by and then gets down on his knee to avoid another. Wagner disburses minor invective, comes around, and Bairstow leaves well alone. Continue reading…
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