There was a moment, not long before the tea break, when England fans naively allowed themselves to dream that their batting line-up could chase down 271 against this Australia attack, which has so tormented them all summer. England, especially Mark Wood, with career-best figures of six for 37, had worked mighty hard to keep that target as low as it was and the openers, improbably, had got them off to a tidy start. Entering the final over before the break, England were 68 without loss; that represented the highest opening stand from either side this series, and England’s highest in Australia since 2013. Rory Burns, living a charmed life, and Zak Crawley, looking a little calmer, were hanging in there. They had a little over seven sessions to make 203 more for a first win in Australia since 2011.