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A snapshot of day three of the fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England at the SCG.

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, FOURTH TEST, DAY THREE:

Score: Australia 8(dec)-416, England 7-258

Summary: England resumed at 0-13 and were in all sorts of trouble again at 4-36 after losing three wickets without scoring a run. But Ben Stokes (66), nursing a side strain, and Jonny Bairstow (103no), who was struck a painful blow on his right thumb by a Pat Cummins delivery, dug in and showed true grit. Their 128-run stand steadied the innings and then Mark Wood (39) also fought hard as England avoided the follow-on. Two balls before stumps, Bairstow brought up his ton.

Man of the moment: Bairstow. His seventh Test century was also the first from England in this series. At last, an English batter dug in and made the most of his strong start. Bairstow looked in all sorts of trouble on 60 when hit on his thumb, but he shook off the injury. Day one was the 24th anniversary of the death of his father, English player David, and he roared to the heavens when he reached his ton with a boundary

Key moment: Ben Stokes was initially given out lbw on 16 off the bowling of Cameron Green. Replays showed the ball went nowhere near his pad but more extraordinarily, it had hit the stumps with force. Somehow a bail wasn't dislodged, Stokes survived and put on another 50 runs to help dig his side out of a huge hole.

Stat of the day: It was 38 innings since Bairstow's last Test ton in 2018.

Quote of the day: "I'm absolutely over the moon". Bairstow on his century.