ENG 192/2 (57.0 ov, AN Cook 104*, JE Root 49*, SPD Smith 0/11) – Stumps | Match Summary

6.10pm So, that’s it for today. Thanks for your company and comments. Have a read of Brydon Coverdale’s match report before you go, and tune in later for all the updates from the front line.

6pm And that is the end of that! This has been England’s best day of the series by far. Seven wickets for 67 with the ball, including four for Stuart Broad, and now a century for the ex-skipper, whose indomitable nature has flooded back to the fore. It’s all too late to save the series, of course, but saving face is a massive incentive, and this stand has given them their best chance yet of setting the agenda in a Test match.

Andrew C: “It’s like that last over was designed to get Cook to 100 before stumps.” It’s not quite Steve Waugh v Richard Dawson at the SCG in 2002-03, but similar sentiments!

Amey: “Cook also surpassed Jayawardhane with that boundary which completed his 100.” Well, so he did. It’s all meant to be

Smith to Cook, 1 run, another long-hop, panned through the leg side.

Smith to Cook, FOUR, short, sits up and begs to be blatted through square leg, and there is Cook’s hundred! His 32nd hundred, his fifth in Australia, and he’s got one on each of their Ashes grounds to boot!

Smith to Cook, FOUR, full toss, bunted through the gap at wide mid-on! That’ll hustle him to his landmark!

Now then, here’s the skipper, reprising his legspin – he was picked for his bowling on debut, shocking though it now seems

AkChats: “This Cook innings is v much like his performance vs India in the 2014 English summer. He was listless in the first couple of test matches with all and sundry gunning for his head. And then suddenly he just turned it around in the last 3 tests. Pity he’s one test too late on this occasion!”

Lyon to Root, no run, stabbed to cover from deep in the crease

Troy: “I do love how these types of sessions get the English hopes up. Makes the inevitable collapse all the more soul destroying.”

Cummins to Root, no run, forward and defended once again, Stout and watchful as the day nears its end

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