Australia vs England: 4th Ashes Test, Day 4 live scores, blog

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England need 358 runs to win

0/5 (3.0)	*Boland	O: 11.0	Hameed*	8 (34)
0/15 (4.0)	Cummins	RR:2.34	Crawley	22 (32)

Second Innings: Australia	6/265 d.	RR: 3.34	O: 68.5
First Innings: England	294 all out	RR: 3.19	O: 79.1
First Innings: Australia	8/416 d.	RR: 2.66	O: 134.0

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First Innings: Australia	8/416 d.	RR: 2.66	O: 134.0

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D.A. Warner c. Crawley b. Broad	30	72	6	0	41.67
M.S. Harris c. Root b. Anderson	38	109	4	0	34.86
M. Labuschagne c. Buttler b. Wood	28	59	4	0	47.46
S.P.D. Smith c. Buttler b. Broad	67	141	5	0	47.52
U.T. Khawaja b. Broad	137	260	13	0	52.69
C.D. Green c. Crawley b. Broad	5	14	1	0	35.71
A.T. Carey+ c. Bairstow b. Root	13	39	2	0	33.33
P.J. Cummins* c. Buttler b. Broad	24	47	4	0	51.06
M.A. Starc not out	34	60	3	0	56.67
N.M. Lyon not out	16	7	2	1	228.57
S.M. Boland
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 12, nb 4)	24
Total	416

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
J.M. Anderson	30.0	9	54	1	1.80
S.C.J. Broad	29.0	5	101	5	3.48
B.A. Stokes	13.5	3	37	0	2.67
M.A. Wood	26.1	6	76	1	2.90
M.J. Leach	24.0	2	89	0	3.71
D.J. Malan	3.0	0	15	0	5.00
J.E. Root	8.0	0	36	1	4.50

First Innings: England	294 all out	RR: 3.19	O: 79.1

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
H. Hameed b. Starc	6	26	1	0	23.08
Z. Crawley b. Boland	18	55	2	0	32.73
D.J. Malan c. Khawaja b. Green	3	39	0	0	7.69
J.E. Root* c. Smith b. Boland	0	7	0	0	0.00
B.A. Stokes lbw. Lyon	66	91	9	1	72.53
J.M. Bairstow c. Carey b. Boland	113	158	8	3	71.52
J.C. Buttler+ c. Khawaja b. Cummins	0	8	0	0	0.00
M.A. Wood c. Lyon b. Cummins	39	41	2	3	95.12
M.J. Leach c. Cummins b. Lyon	10	29	2	0	34.48
S.C.J. Broad c. Carey b. Boland	15	19	1	0	78.95
J.M. Anderson not out	4	4	1	0	100.00
Extras (b 9, lb 6, w 3, nb 2)	20
Total	294

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
P.J. Cummins	20.0	6	68	2	3.40
M.A. Starc	16.0	2	56	1	3.50
S.M. Boland	14.1	6	36	4	2.54
C.D. Green	9.0	4	24	1	2.67
N.M. Lyon	17.0	0	88	2	5.18
M. Labuschagne	3.0	0	7	0	2.33

Second Innings: Australia	6/265 d.	RR: 3.34	O: 68.5

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
M.S. Harris c. sub b. Leach	27	61	3	0	44.26
D.A. Warner c. sub b. Wood	3	18	0	0	16.67
M. Labuschagne c. sub b. Wood	29	42	1	0	69.05
S.P.D. Smith b. Leach	23	31	2	1	74.19
U.T. Khawaja not out	101	138	10	2	73.19
C.D. Green c. Root b. Leach	74	122	7	1	60.66
A.T. Carey+ c. sub b. Leach	0	1	0	0	0.00
P.J. Cummins*
M.A. Starc
N.M. Lyon
S.M. Boland
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 5, nb 0)	8
Total	265

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
J.M. Anderson	12.0	1	34	0	2.83
S.C.J. Broad	11.0	3	31	0	2.82
M.A. Wood	15.0	0	65	2	4.33
M.J. Leach	21.5	1	84	4	3.85
J.E. Root	7.0	0	35	0	5.00
D.J. Malan	2.0	0	13	0	6.50

Second Innings: England	0/30	RR: 2.34	O: 11.0

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z. Crawley not out	22	32	3	0	68.75
H. Hameed not out	8	34	0	0	23.53
D.J. Malan
J.E. Root*
B.A. Stokes
J.M. Bairstow
J.C. Buttler+
M.A. Wood
M.J. Leach
S.C.J. Broad
J.M. Anderson
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0)	0
Total	30

Bowlers	O	M	R	Ec
M.A. Starc	4.0	0	10	2.50
P.J. Cummins	4.0	0	15	3.75
S.M. Boland	3.0	1	5	1.67

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After an intriguing three days, the Fourth Ashes Test from the SCG, Sydney is set for a decisive day four. Australia continue to be in the driving seat, but England could spoil the whitewash party by continuing their brave fight back and taking the Test to a draw. Join The Roar for live scores and rolling coverage of the fourth day’s play from 10:00am (AEDT).

Day three was a real rollercoaster with it looking at some points as though Australia might be able to win the whole Test within the day, and then England making their bowling attack look surprisingly average at times and counter punching. England could rightly feel they took the honours at points during the day, but the overall honours still belong to Australia. They are over 150 runs ahead and have taken seven wickets already with England’s tail exposed.

With plenty of rain forecast for the next couple of days, England might be tempted to go slow at every opportunity and try to achieve a draw. If they can somehow keep batting and get the Australian lead down to sub 50 then the draw is very achievable but if Australia strike quickly today and start their second innings with a 130 run lead then they could well steal this Test and keep the whitewash on the cards.

Despite the bravery of players such as Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow, England will again be frustrated that even with a good helping of luck on their side today, their top order collapsed and the team was always under incredible pressure. To save this game the top four really have to play better and some basic technique issues need to be solved quickly.

For Australia they will need to be very efficient – there may well be little playing time left in this Test so it’s time for ruthlessness.

Game information
Venue: SCG, Sydney
First ball: 10:00am (AEDT)
TV/Stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel, Channel Seven
Betting: Australia $3.50, England $41.00, draw $1.33 – odds via PlayUp

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

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

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