
The first session of the Day 4 belonged to Marsh brothers. The duo continued their scoring run from Saturday with Shaun Marsh, who ended Day 3 on 98*, quickly completing his 6th Test century. Mitchell Marsh also continued scoring at a fast pace and went on to score his 2nd Test century and he celebrated in style. The brothers added 169 runs before Tom Curran rattled Mitchell’s stumps to get him out on 101. Tim Paine and Shaun Marsh ensured Australia do not lose any more wickets in the session and added 34 runs. The left-handed batsman reached 145* at the close of the session and looked closer to reach his 150. Australia reach 578/5 at Lunch, leading England by 232 runs. England’s bowlers really struggled in the first session and will really need to step up the game in the session after Lunch to get back in the game.
Ashes 4th Test, Day 4, Live score and updates:
Australia: Cameron Bancroft, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (c), Shaun Marsh. Tim Paine, Mitchell Marsh, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon
England: Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Joe Root (c), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Mason Crane, Tom Curran, Stuart Broad, James Anderson