England strike twice to give victory hopes a boost


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    • Lunch Australia 327 and 4 for 178 (Smith 50*) lead England 491 by 14 runs
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    David Warner crawled to a slowest half-century of his Test career and Australia changed into a lead, yet a wickets of Warner and Shaun Marsh gave England’s feat hopes a boost on a final day during a MCG. Marsh edged behind off Stuart Broad for 4 on a cadence of lunch, withdrawal Steven Smith unbeaten on 50, with Australia on 4 for 178. Their lead was usually 14 runs.


    It had been a slow-scoring two-and-a-half-hour event for a Australians, many of a time being spent by Smith and Warner occupying a double and augmenting Australia’s chances of personification out a draw. The initial 14 overs of a day brought usually 20 runs as a batsmen focused roughly exclusively on survival.


    Warner brought adult his fifty from his 161st smoothness and gradually carried his dash a little, relocating to within steer of apropos a initial batsman in story to measure a hundred in any innings of a Test on 4 apart occasions. However, on 86, Warner’s eyes illuminated adult during a coming of Joe Root’s part-time offspin and he attempted unsuccessfully to transparent a infield, usually to sky a locate to cover.


    Smith batted on and only before lunch brought adult his half-century from his 151st delivery, a studious effort, yet not a slowest fifty of his Test career. The detriment of Marsh from a final round before a break, good held by Jonny Bairstow relocating to his left, left England wanting 6 some-more wickets to get by Australia’s reduce sequence and pull for a 3-1 array scoreline.


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