heading for a first innings lead, but then steve smith guided australia, with a little help from pat cummings, who scored an important a2. australia edging ahead thanks to a stunning performance from steve smith. they will feel they have the advantage going into day four. if they can getjoe root‘s wicket early, they have a strong chance of winning. disappointed to lose two wickets, but it could have been worse. it was proper theatre, you know? proper test match cricket. fast bowling, batsmen playing well, a few blows being taken, but tomorrow will be slightly different. we have to set up and try and bat 90 overs tomorrow, make the bowlers bowl. it's a lot harder to continue with that sort of tactic through a whole day. onto football, and wales are top of their qualifying group, for the women's world cup, one point ahead of england, after beating kasakhstan in cardiff. the match marked the return of wales's all—time leading goal—scorer helen ward — who played for, half an hour, who played for half an hour, just two months after giving birth to her second child. but the only goal of the