Warner, Smith and the rain frustrate England's push


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    • Tea Australia 327 and 2 for 103 (Warner 40*, Smith 25*) trail England 491 (Cook 244*, Root 61, Broad 56, Cummins 4-117) by 61 runs
    Scorecard and ball-by-ball details


    Alastair Cook became the highest scorer ever to carry his bat in Test cricket before England further strengthened their position by claiming two wickets on the fourth day at the MCG. However, Steven Smith and David Warner then steadied Australia with a patient partnership that loomed as a possible key to the match, batting through a rain-affected post-lunch session to reach 2 for 103 at tea, still trailing England by 61 runs.


    Warner and Smith are unquestionably Australia’s two best batsmen – they are the only Australians averaging more than 40 in Test cricket this year – and the longer they can stay together, the better Australia’s chances of emerging from this match with a draw. Warner’s tempo had been uncharacteristically slow, and by tea he had 40 from 140 balls, while Smith was on 25 from 67.


    Only 18.5 overs were bowled during the middle session due to two separate rain delays, and the weather radar for the Melbourne area suggested plenty more rain was yet to come on the fourth day. Australia’s chances of a series clean sweep were obviously gone, but England could still consider themselves a chance of pushing for their first victory of the series, if the weather holds out on day five.


    England had started the morning on 9 for 491 and it took only one delivery – a short ball from Pat Cummins that James Anderson fended to short leg – to end the innings.


    However, that left Cook unbeaten on 244, the highest score ever made by a batsman carrying his bat through a Test innings, beating the 223 scored by New Zealand’s Glenn Turner against West Indies in Kingston in 1972. Cook was also the first England batsman to carry his bat in a Test in 20 years, since Mike Atherton did so against New Zealand in Christchurch in 1997.


    It also gave England a 164-run first-innings lead, which meant plenty of work for the Australians to fight back into the contest. They began their second innings solidly with a 51-run opening stand between Cameron Bancroft and Warner, but that ended when Bancroft, who had just driven a handsome boundary wide of mid-on, chopped on for 27 off the bowling of Chris Woakes.


    The loss of Usman Khawaja for 11, when he edged behind off an Anderson delivery that nipped away, left Australia wobbling at 2 for 65. Smith and Warner steadied the Australians, although Warner had a narrow escape on 36 when he only just cleared Anderson at short midwicket off the bowling of Woakes. By tea, the Smith-Warner stand was worth 38 off 22.4 overs.


    Article source: http://watoday.com.au/business/markets/australian-bonds-might-actually-offer-value-20170808-gxs762.html

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