Melbourne [Australia], Dec 26: Opener David Warner crushed a rankling century while captain Steve Smith pulled his 22nd Test fifty to place Australia in a directing position on the opening day of the fourth Ashes Test coordinate here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (.jpg)
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At stumps, Australia had placed themselves in a solid position as they were remaining at 244-3, with Smith and Marsh batting at 65 and 31, separately.
Hoping to finish a 5-0 whitewash against England in Ashes, Australia had won the hurl for the first run through, since their voyage through India in March this year and chose to bat first.
The openers - Warner and Cameron Bancroft - gave the group a fast begin.
Warner crushed a burning 103-run thump, including 13 limits and six, off 151 balls. With his innings, the opener likewise turned into the fifth speediest cricketer to cross 6,000 keeps running in Test cricket.
Bancroft, then again, battled at first with a blast of short balls; in any case, he stayed put at the wrinkle and upheld Warner. He made an attentive 26 preceding being rejected.
Chris Woakes, James Anderson and Stuart Broad all contributed with a wicket each to bring England over into the diversion before Smith and Shaun Marsh joined compelled to hand control of the match back to the Australians.
The home side had just recaptured the Ashes urn after they whipped the guests by an innings and 41 keeps running in Perth to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-coordinate arrangement.