The Ashes 4th Test Australia vs England Day 4: England need 358 runs to win at the SCG

England need 358 runs to win the 4th Ashes Test against Australia, at the SCG, after another Usman Khawaja century put Australia in the driving seat of this match on day 4.

 

Match Summary

Australia vs England, Match 4, The Ashes

Australia 416/8d (134 ov) & 265/6d (68.5 ov)

England 294/10 (79.1 ov) & *30/0 (11 ov)

Day Break : Day 4 England need 358 runs to win

Scorecard

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— ICC (@ICC) January 8, 2022

Usman Khawaja (101*) hit his second century of the match  to put Australia in a dominant position and Australia will have three sessions and a maximum of 98 overs tomorrow to extend their lead to 4-0  in the Ashes. 

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), 7-245 (Mark Wood - 65.3 ov), 8-266 (Jack Leach - 72.5 ov), 9-289 (Jonny Bairstow - 77.5 ov), 10-294 (Stuart Broad - 79.1 ov)

Australia 2nd  Innings Fall of wickets: 1-12 (David Warner - 5.6 ov), 2-52 (Marcus Harris - 18.1 ov), 3-68 (Marnus Labuschagne - 21.4 ov), 4-86 (Steven Smith - 28.6 ov), 5-265 (Cameron Green - 68.4 ov), 6-265 (Alex Carey - 68.5 ov)

England 2nd Innings - Fall of wickets:

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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