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The Ashes 4th Test Australia vs England Day 3: England recover from desperate situation thanks to Bairstow century

by Cricket World Friday 7 January 2022

Australia's Cameron Green celebrates with Nathan Lyon after taking the wicket of England's Dawid Malan

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England recovered from 36/4 at one stage, to close the day 158 runs behind Australia, in their 1^st innings, of the 4^th Ashes Test, at the SCG, today. Jonny Bairstow 103*and Ben Stokes (66) were the mainstays with the bat, as Australia once again dominated early on with the ball.

Match Summary

Australia vs England, Match 4, The Ashes

Australia 416/8d (134 ov)

England *258/7 (70 ov)

Day Break : Day 3 England trail by 158 runs

Scorecard

Stumps in Sydney ??

Jonny Bairstow's gritty century leads England's fightback on day three!#AUSvENG | #WTC23 | #Ashes pic.twitter.com/bxmhtWl6i9
— ICC (@ICC) January 7, 2022

Match Stats

Australia 1^st Innings – Fall of wickets: 1-51 (David Warner - 20.6 ov), 2-111 (Marcus Harris - 39.1 ov), 3-117 (Marnus Labuschagne - 40.2 ov), 4-232 (Steven Smith - 83.6 ov), 5-242 (Cameron Green - 87.4 ov), 6-285 (Alex Carey - 102.3 ov), 7-331 (Pat Cummins - 113.5 ov), 8-398 (Usman Khawaja - 131.5 ov)

England 1st Innings - Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Haseeb Hameed - 9.2 ov), 2-36 (Zak Crawley - 16.6 ov), 3-36 (Joe Root - 20.1 ov), 4-36 (Dawid Malan - 21.5 ov), 5-164 (Ben Stokes - 50.6 ov), 6-173 (Jos Buttler - 53.3 ov)

Playing XIs

Australia - David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon

England - Haseeb Hameed, Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan,Joe Root (C), Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (WK), Jack Leach, Mark Wood, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

Match Details

Start Time: 23:30

Toss: Australia won the toss and decided to field

Venue:Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Officials: Umpires- Paul Wilson and Rod Tucker Tv Umpires Paul Reiffel Match Referee Steve Bernard

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England recovered from 36/4 at one stage, to close the day 158 runs behind Australia, in their 1st innings, of the 4th Ashes Test, at the SCG, today. Jonny Bairstow 103*and Ben Stokes (66) were the mainstays with the bat, as Australia once again dominated early on with the ball.

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England recovered from 36/4 at one stage, to close the day 158 runs behind Australia, in their 1^st innings, of the 4^th Ashes Test, at the SCG, today. Jonny Bairstow 103*and Ben Stokes (66) were the mainstays with the bat, as Australia once again dominated early on with the ball.