but 2021 has been a record—breaking year of run scoring forjoe root. the captain's 50 here was greeted by plenty of england fans. well, it is queensland! dawid malan was passed 52. commentator: that's a glorious drive. - now this was getting interesting. encouraging. as the shadows lengthened, the lead reduced. the evening came, root and malan remain. i think the first hour is really important for us tomorrow and then we can start thinking about how well we can play. but we need one more good 100—run partnership to put a good score on the board and, you know, who knows what could happen? with two days to come, it felt like a victory to bejust 58 runs behind. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker.