England seized control on the third day of the fifth Ashes Test on Saturday, building a likely match-winning lead of 382 as they look to square the series. With two full days of play to come and the weather in London set fair, the home side, on 313/8 in their second innings, appear certain to pull level at 2-2 barring a miraculous fightback from Australia. Nathan Lyon slowed England's progress in the morning session, taking the wickets of Rory Burns and captain Joe Root but those were rare early bright spots for the tourists on a pitch that offered little help. (Scorecard)
Ashes 2019 5th Test Day 3 Match, Highlights Between England vs Australia, Straight from Kennington Oval, London
England 313/8 at stumps on Day 3, lead by 382 runs against Australia. The day belonged to the hosts and they would be happy about the way things have panned out. That's all we have for the day, until tomorrow, its goodbye!
Marnus Labuschagne takes a brilliant catch now to dismiss Jos Buttler off Peter Siddle. Buttler was looking to go over the top but catches the top-edge and find Labuschagne in the deep. Chance for a team hat-trick here!
Steve Smith dives to his right to take a brilliant catch to dismiss Chris Woakes for 6 off Mitchell Marsh. Woakes tried to work away the outswinger from Marsh but catches the edge topped with a brilliant catch. Is there something Steve Smith can't do? Exceptional effort!
New ball works positively for Australia and Pat Cummins! Sam Curran was looking to tickle down the delivery bowled on the leg side, gets a snick and Tim Paine takes a diving catch.
Pat Cummins will look to have one final go at the England batsmen on Day 3 as the new ball has been immediately taken by the visiting team. Sam Curran to face Pat Cummins!
Jonny Bairstow gets a thick edge off Mitchell Marsh as Steve Smith completes a diving catch at the slips. On-field umpires reach out to the third umpire to check if the catch was clean, replays show Smith has taken it cleanly.
Jos Buttler times the delivery from Peter Siddle to perfection to find a boundary. Siddle made an attempt to get hold off the ball but couldn't quite reach to it!
Nathan Lyon dismisses Ben Stokes with a beauty! The ball spun away from Stokes, who was looking to defend the delivery, but failed to pick up the length.
The session belonged to England, with the hosts scoring 105 runs in 30 overs, without losing a single wicket. Australia bowled at 14.5 overs/hour but failed to break the 106-run stand between Stokes and Denly.
England extend their lead to 169 runs with eight wickets in hand. Australia are still toiling hard to find wickets. Joe Denly (47) is nearing his half-century.
England will resume with a lead of 157 runs, Australia need to find breakthroughs at regular interval here or else the hosts are running away with the game.
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