The Ashes 2023: Australia openers frustrate England before rain
England remain favourites to take this match - on only seven occasions in the history of the game has a team made more than 384 to win a Test.
The caution with which Australia have batted for most of the series served them well on Sunday, even if their task was made easier by the conditions. Some fans arrived wearing the trademark Broad headband, both his mother and father were interviewed by Test Match Special and there were tribute videos played on the big screen before Broad came out to bat.
Mark Wood was held back, perhaps in the hope of some reverse swing. When he was finally used in the 33rd over, it energised the crowd, still even Wood could not find the breakthrough. Both men were calm, composed and patient in compiling the highest opening stand by either team in an Ashes Test in this country since 2009 and, at 38 overs, the longest partnership by any pair in this series.