England began day four at the Gabba hoping to set Australia a tricky target to chase but lost 8 wickets for 74
England resumed day four 58 runs behind with eight second-innings wickets remaining at the Gabba.
Here is what happened...
9.40am local (11.40pm GMT): WICKET (73.4 overs, England 223-3) And that is exactly how England did not want to start the day.
Dawid Malan shimmies down the track, gets an inside edge to Nathan Lyon and the ball pops up to Marnus Labuschagne under the helmet.
Hmph. Is this a sign of things to come today?
9.56am: WICKET (76.1 overs, England 229-4) Yes, yes it is. Now Joe Root has gone.
He leans into a delivery from Cameron Green which swings slightly away from him and the ball catches the edge through to Alex Carey.
It's very similar to the final ball of the day yesterday, which Root very nearly nicked. Root's wait for a ton in Australia continues and England have lost both their 'set' batsmen inthe space of 15 balls.
WICKET!
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10.03am: WICKET (77.3 overs, England 234-5) Well I hope you’re all enjoying your Friday evenings.
Now Ollie Pope goes, the ball getting big on him as he looks to cut. He succeeds only in slicing a catch up to Steve Smith at slip.
England have gone from a position of some promise to one of familiar despair in just over half an hour of play.
10.45am: Well that was a very strange 25 minutes. Aside from those watching on at the Gabba, no one in the world was able to see what has been happening in this Test after a generator failed at the Gabba, wiping out the host broadcaster's coverage.
Viewers in the UK could only see a makeshift BT Sport camera from deep third man.
With only a third of the typical number of technical runners and engineers available in Brisbane for this Test because of border restrictions, the match has been blighted by technological mishaps.
10.58am: WICKET (88.4 overs, England 266-6) England still trail by 12 and now they are six down.
Pat Cummins brings himself back into the attack and gets one to lift off a length at Stokes, who gets into a knot, the ball striking a leading edge and looping up to Green in the gully.
This is going to be over today.
Pat Cummins celebrates the wicket of Ben Stokes (Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
11.12am: WICKET (91.1 overs, England 268-7) The procession continues. England's batsmen have been in and out like commuters at a coffee shop.
Buttler goes back to Hazlewood but the ball never gets up - perhaps illustrating the growing unevenness in the pitch. A thin edge off the toe, Carey takes yet another catch.
England fans, what are you going to do with your weekends?
11.29am: (94.4 overs, England 278-7) Australia will have to bat again.
Woakes nibbles at Cummins, the ball squirting between slips and gully and away to the third man boundary.
11.42am: WICKET (97.5 overs, England 286-8) Ollie Robinson is the latest to perish.
England's No.9 tries to reverse sweep Lyon but can only lob a catch up to Travis Head at backward point.
You can't blame Robinson for trying to find a way to keep the scoreboard ticking, especially with the pitch starting to show some demons.
Ollie Robinson makes his way off after his dismissal (Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
11.57am: WICKET (101.4 overs, England 296-9) Lunch will be pushed back to allow Australia to finish this off.
Mark Wood goes on the drive against Lyon, plays down the wrong line and sees his off stump knocked back.
12.04pm: WICKET (103 overs, England 297) Well, that's that then.
Woakes goes back to Green and tries to cut but only gets a thin edge which carries through to Carey, who has been a dismissal magnet in this, his debut Test.
No one had ever taken eight catches on debut before.
England, however, have endured a collapse like this before. The grim reality is 8 for 74 in a little more than two and a half hours.
After lunch, Australia will need 20 for victory, which begs the question - do we really need a lunch break?
1.07pm: WICKET (5 overs, Australia 16-1) Carey has opened in place of the injured David Warner, but he can't see it through.
Robinson claims the wicket, slanting a delivery of a good length across the left-hander and taking the outside edge.
1.10pm: AUSTRALIA WIN. Marcus Harris square drives Mark Wood's first delivery to the point boundary and Australia claimed a nine-wicket success.
Marcus Harris celebrates Australia's win (Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)
1.25pm: England captain Joe Root has been talking to BT Sport.
"I thought the fightback and the way we responded from that first innings with the bat.
"This morning we knew how impoortant that first 10 overs was, and unfortunately we lost a cluster of wickets. It's an area we are looking to keep better at.
"The improvement from the first to the second innings is exactly what we're going to have to keep doing in this series.
"Sometimes when a couple of guys score runs, others can draw confidence. Some of the other guys have looked good in this game, they've just not been able to get the numbers in.
"We're a team that's always responded well to situations like this in the recent past. We're not scared of a challenge.
"The toss I think was a right decision but when you're 40 for 4 it's very difficult to get back in the game. We have to manage that situation better.
"I thought we were excellent with ball in hand, Woody in particular."
1.33pm: England head coach Chris Silverwood has given his reflections on the performance.
"There are moments in this game which we could have taken and we'll learn from that and come back stronger from it.
"I think we got the best out of what we had [in terms of preparations].
"I thought the way the seamers performed was excellent, their areas were top class."
1.45pm: Nathan Lyon, who claimed his 400th Test wicket on day four, has been talking to Fox Sports in Australia.
"To tick off a personal milestone is fantastic but it's even better to top it off with a team win," Lyon said after the game.
"It was a relief. I've been thinking about it a lot but I wanted to play my role in the team. I was very relieved Marnus held onto it.
"The way I look at it, the next wicket is always the hardest to get - it doesn't matter what number it is. I was telling myself to back my skill."
Test win ✅
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400th Wicket ✅
GOAT ✅
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