Joe Root (91) and Jonny Bairstow (78) scored an outstanding fifty as England stepped up their blistering run-spree against Australia in the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval on Saturday. 

England, in a match they have to win to square the series at 2-2, were 363-6 in their second innings at the time of going to press on the third day—an imposing lead of 351 runs.