LIVE: Australia set 65 to take 2-nil lead

• The first ball at the Gabba is 2pm local (3pm AEDT)
• Listen to every ball live with SEN's incredible team
• England trailed by 43 runs at the start of the day as they look to avoid losing by an innings.
• Ben Stokes and Will Jacks have built a strong partnership to now be in front

After a dominant Day 3 which saw England lose six wickets in the last session, Australia is on the verge of closing in on a 2-nil series lead as they look to wrap up thing early on Day 4.

The visitors are still trailling the Aussies by 43 runs as the not out batsmen in Ben Stokes and Will Jacks (both on 4) at Stumps look to do their best to avoid losing by an innings and set Australia some form of target to chase.

And with the English captain in Stokes at the crease, they are certainly capable of giving themselves a fighting chance.

The first ball of Day 4 of the Second Test will start at 3pm AEDT (2pm local time) with SEN having LIVE coverage of every ball bowled throughout its radio network and on the SEN app.

You can also keep up to date with all the big moments with the SEN.com.au live blog below.

8:05pm - Wicket: Head cuts onto his stumps

Australia 1/37 - Weatherald 11, Labuschagne to the crease (trails by 28)

England get somewhat of a consolation prize as they don't allow the hosts to get a ten-wicket win with Travis Head chasing after a ball wide of off stump, which he tries to cut.

But it gets the bottom edge, and he departs for 22 runs.

Marnus Labuschagne comes to the crease as Australia looks to close out the game without another loss of wicket.

8:03pm - Play resumes

Australia 0/33 - Head 19, Weatherald 10 (trails by 32)

Travis Head is back on strike with Gus Atkinson trying to delay the inevitable as best he can.

7:43pm - Dinner Break

Australia 0/33 - Head 19, Weatherald 10 (trails by 32)

Having taken some inspiration from Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett's start to the second innings, Head and Weatherald were up to their attacking ways.

They've already cruised past the halfway mark within the space of five overs and look set for victory.

7:22pm - Australia begins second innings

Australia 0/0 - Head 0, Weatherald 0

Australia, with Travis Head and Jake Weatherald, will look to get this chase of 65 runs done as fast as possible.

They will get a couple of overs before the dinner break.

7:08pm - Wicket: Neser takes five wickets

England All Out for 234 - Carse 7, Archer 5 not out (leads by 64)

The pink ball specialist has justified his selection into the XI at his beloved Gabba, having claimed a five-wicket haul for the first time in his three-Test-match career.

And once again, Steve Smith would be on the end of it, having one again come up for the Queenslander.

Australia now need 65 runs to take a two-nil series lead in The Ashes, which you would imagine they would hit with ease.

6:55pm - Wicket: Atkinson goes

England 9/231 - Carse 3, Archer to the crease (leads by 50)

As soon as England's tail was exposed, the wickets were coming in thick and fast, with Brendan Doggett getting his first wicket of the innings, as Gus Atkinson departed for three.

He attempted to play a pull shot, which he had horrible timing for, which found Steve Smith in a catch far easier than the one he had to take for Will Jacks.

Jofra Archer comes to the crease with England, and English fans will be hoping that he can manufacture another career-best innings to push them near a target of 100.

6:50pm - Wicket: Neser grabs the crucial wicket of Stokes

England 8/227 - Atkinson 1, Carse to the crease (leads by 50)

With Carey up at the stumps and Neser weaving his pink ball magic, Ben Stokes has departed for 50.

This is a massive breakthrough for the game with England now having their tail exposed with only Jofra Archer left to come.

It's hard to see them setting a target above 100, considering that a new ball will be available to Australia in a couple of overs.

6:43pm - Stokes brings up a crucial 50

England 7/225 - Stokes 50, Atkinson 0 (leads by 48)

It took him 148 balls, which goes against the BazBall ideology, but Ben Stokes has raised the bat for his half-century.

The captain has once again led from the front, having soaked up most of the pressure, done his due diligence and waited for the right ball.

6:35pm - "Freak" Smith has broken the partnership

England 7/224 - Stokes 49, Atkinson to the crease (leads by 47)

Steve Smith has taken one of the best catches you'll see to see Will Jacks depart and breaks up the partnership between Stokes and him just before they reached 100.

With Michael Neser bowling, which saw Carey and Smith brought up, Smith has dived to his left and taken a one-handed beauty.

Is that the moment that sees Australia begins their chase in the session?

6:20pm - Could rain add another twist to this Test?

England 6/221 - Stokes 47, Jacks 40 (leads by 44)

With Australia having been unable to close out the match, this is now leaving the door open for rain to potentially play its part in affecting the match.

SEN Cricket's stat man, Australian Open golf updater, and now meteorologist, Tom Morris, has the latest.

Morris: "It's nothing more than a best guess, but I'm seeing reports that they are expecting rain to come at 7 o'clock tonight."

6:05pm - Broad: This has the highest quality of cricket we've seen so far in the Test

England 6/208 - Stokes 42, Jacks 33 (leads by 31)

While the game during the first half an hour of the session has not been as action-packed compared to last night, it doesn't mean that the quality has diminished in the eyes of Stuart Broad.

Broad: "It's weird, because we've had an entertaining few days without necessarily having the highest quality of cricket by both teams."

"This has the highest quality of cricket we've seen, but the quietest and least entertaining in a way."

While England, with their performance, has taken most of the noise out of the Gabba crowd, you can hear them trying to get back into it as Australia tries to break the deadlock with chants of 'Starcy' echoing around the Gabba.

5:58pm - Bounce variation starting to play a part

England 6/205 - Stokes 41, Jacks 32 (leads by 28)

While the pitch has been cut to three millimetres of grass, which sees it favour the batting side, SEN Cricket's Damien Fleming has seen that we are starting to see less consistency with the bounce.

Fleming: "There's still some signs that this is a very good batting track, but there has been the odd one that has kept low and a couple that have gone to the top."

5:49pm - England make their double century

England 6/200 - Stokes 38, Jacks 30 (leads by 23)

A lovely flick of the pads by Will Jacks sees the ball go through to the leg side boundary.

Their partnership has now reached 72 runs with the seventh wicket stand proving to be as important to the visitors as Australia's ninth wicket partnership between Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc.

5:41pm - The second session is underway

England 6/193 - Stokes 36, Jacks 25 (leads by 16)

Mitchell Starc will bowl the first ball with Will Jacks to face.

And within the third ball, we have a slight delay with Jacks appearing to have an issue with his bat.

5:37pm - England finally showing resilence with the bat

Working for what is now a 65-run partnership throughout the entire session, Stokes, who took the majority of the balls and Jacks have shown an element that England has lacked for the majority of the series. Patience.

That would be noted by Damien Fleming in his immediate reaction after the first session was completed.

Fleming: "Well done to Jacks and Stokes, that's the resilience and tough test batting that you come to expect at this level."

"But so far in the series (for England) that's the first instance of it."

5:16pm - How Australia needs to bowl after the break

SEN Cricket's Ian Healy has just explained how Australia should approach its bowling in the second session, believing that, like England, Australia just needs to take a one ball at a time approach.

Healy: "I think they have got to stay as patience as the Englishmen have to."

"One ball at a time, one over at a time, just produce quality."

"They get one wicket in this first hour, they are a chance of getting more."

"So, don't go searching too hard."

TEA

5:01pm - Tea Break

England 6/193 - Stokes 36, Jacks 25

England head into the first break of the day's play far better suited than many would have thought at the start of the day. And the possibility of Australia chasing a total beyond 100 is increasing.

Having lost no wickets, they are now in front by 16 runs with captain Ben Stokes leading the way on 36 while being assisted by fellow all-rounder Will Jacks.

4:59pm - Fleming: Australia couldn't have done much more with the ball

England 6/192 - Stokes 36, Jacks 24

It's been a tough slog for the Australian bowlers, who, despite some good bowling, have been unable to break the partnership of Ben Stokes and Will Jacks, with the two all-rounders now making 64 runs at the crease together for a 15-run lead.

And SEN Cricket's Damien Fleming would think as much.

Fleming: "It's been tough, Test match cricket hasn't it?"

"I don't think the Aussies could have bowled much better, to be honest."

"But it's been a really tough Test match batting from Jacks and Stokes. Hasn't been fluent."

4:45pm - Australia gets close to breaking the Stokes/Jacks partnership

England 6/183 - Stokes 34, Jacks 18

Australia has just had its closest chance to breaking up this partnership with Ben Stokes almost being removed on 30.

Stokes came down to Boland's ball, which saw the captain square his bat with it, hitting the edge and flying over Green by just a hand in the slips cordon, seeing the ball race to the boundary.

4:41pm - England takes the lead

England 6/178 - Stokes 29, Jacks 18

There were some doubts as to whether England would actually surpass Australia's lead, but Ben Stokes and Will Jacks have brought up their 50-run partnership, and with that, the lead.

With the ball getting softer, they could set themselves to stay in until the break.

Although with balls like Scott Boland's first ball of his 15th over, they certainly make life difficult.

And now, Australia faces the prospect of having to begin their chase under lights, which has seen them struggle against England.

4:07pm - Broad's worry for Jacks

England 6/164 - Stokes 19, Jacks 14

It looks like Australia has continued their bouncer approach towards Will Jacks through Brendan Doggett, who is doing his best to weather the plan.

With England only 13 runs away from taking the lead, Australia needs to try to break this partnership to limit their impact.

And it seems out of Ben Stokes and Jacks, the latter seems more vulnerable.

Stuart Broad would offer his advice, believing that given the way that Jacks is tucking up towards the bouncer, it offers a potential dismissal through him gloving the ball to the keeper.

Broad: "Technically, how he's playing this, my worry is not so much the top edge to fine leg, of course that could happen."

"It's the little glove through to the keeper down the leg side.

"He just looks like he's getting a bit tucked up. If I was Doggett here, I would be looking to bowl a short ball, maybe cross seam, nipping back towards Jacks, giving him no room, trying to tuck him up."

"And it looks like you get a little feather off the glove down towards Alex Carey diving towards the leg side

3:47pm - How will Jacks deal with unique scenario?

England 6/159 - Stokes 18, Jacks 11

Currently playing in his first Test match in three years, Will Jacks is looking more and more comfortable at the crease in what Stuart Broad has described as a unique scenario for him.

Considering the batting all-rounder's background is more in white ball cricket, this will be the first time that he has been exposed to the pink ball and to a bowler like Starc.

Broad: "If Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland can do it, Ben Stokes and Will Jacks can."

Fleming: "Australia are bowling a huge amount of good deliveries."

Broad: "He (Jacks) won't have faced the likes of a Mitchell Starc who can bowl a short ball in County Cricket."

"Because you don't get that style of bowler to come over and put you through that test."

"And the white ball cricket he plays, you don't face any short-pitch bowling."

"So, he's playing Test match cricket and probably one of the first innings where he could get exposed to 140 (kph) to his head."

"So, you've got to problem solve in a live scenario, really."

"But he looks a nice player."

3:36pm - How England can chip away at Australia's lead

England 6/151 - Stokes 12, Jacks 9

Ben Stokes and Will Jacks are slowly but surely chipping away at Australia's lead, which is now down to 26 runs.

With a 23-run partnership, it has slowly stabilised their innings.

And as explained by SEN Cricket's Simon Katich, if Stokes and Jacks can break the target into small segments, it should help build momentum.

Katich: "That's all you can do."

"You start the day, you just try to win the battle, ball after ball, over after over."

"And as a pair, you keep talking about, 'Okay, let's get through this set, keep talking to each other' and maybe work in tens (of runs)."

"That's something we've always used to talk about playing Test cricket."

"You work in partnerships of tens, next thing you know you put 10 on and then 20 on, 30 and then all of a sudden you build on that momentum."

"And before you know it, when you're both going, that's when you start to put some pressure on the opposition."

3:00pm - Play is underway

England 6/135 - Stokes 5, Jacks 4

Scott Boland will bowl the first ball of the day to Ben Stokes as they look to get past those 43 runs.

And the English captain is off the mark straight away, having scored a single.

2:42pm - Broad: England are playing at 20% of their potential

On SEN Cricket, Stuart Broad feels that there would be some frustration with their performance from Day 3.

Broad: "I think there is some frustration for sure.

"It's a very talented group, and in the five days of Ashes cricket so far, they're playing to about maximum 20% of their potential.

"I think ultimately, when you are getting beaten by a side that you think, 'They are way better than us, ' there is a bit of an understanding.

"I don't think anyone in England looks at this Australian side and goes, 'They are way better than this English team'."

"I think England are gifting opportunities back to Australia, and if you do that in Australia, you are going to cause yourself a lot of problems."

2:11pm - Fleming reacts to Marcus Trescothick's comments

SEN Cricket's Damien Fleming has slammed Marcus Trescothick's comments from overnight.

The England assistant coach, during his press conference, would say that there had been no discussion about their issue with driving on the up, which saw them lose multiple wickets.

Trescothick: "No discussions took place about driving on the up."

"There's no need to have a knee-jerk reaction from what was a tough pitch in Perth.

"You still practice in the fashion you believe is going to work when you go into the game, and that has suited us well in various conditions, and we're trying to make that work.

"Of course, we're adapting all the time where players are going out to the middle with the responsibility to adapt to those conditions and make it better so we get the total on the board.

"It's been challenging today. We've talked about conditions and the situation of the game, but we're always hoping to be better and learn from what we're doing."

During the pre-game talk, the former Australian fast bowler admitted that he had his head in his hands over what was said.

Fleming: "The Marcus Trescothick one has got me, just putting my hands in my head."

"Trying to play the way we want to play and we're not looking to adapt to the pitch conditions or the game scenario."

"That's Test Cricket, you have to adapt."

1:45pm - Bharat: England's collapse had nothing to BazBall

England 6/134 - Stokes 4, Jacks 4

In the space of 28 runs, England proceeded to lose five wickets in the final session, which saw their chances of setting Australia a difficult total to chase fall dramatically.

But while they did have a similar collapse, albeit on a larger scale in their second innings, Bharat Sundaresan on SEN's The New Ball felt that this one had nothing to do with their BazBall approach.

Sundaresan: "Last night was not BazBall at all."

"It had nothing to do with a collapse."

"The only BazBall about it is the fact they were so stubborn and reluctant to change or alter their strategy."

"I mean more as individuals than as a team because let's face it, yes, you were batting under lights against a pink ball, but a lot of these English batters haven't done it before, especially the newish ball."

"But the pitch was so flat. It had nothing in it."

1:30pm - Adam Collins previews the Second Test

Ahead of the day's play, SEN Cricket's Adam Collins has given a preview of the day's play.

Have a watch below.

1:00pm - Welcome to the live blog

England 6/134 - Stokes 4, Jacks 4

A warm welcome to where ever you may be on this fine Sunday as Day 4 of the Gabba Test is set to start in the coming hours.