5.05pm: All about King Khawaja at the SCG this avo, as Australia drive home their advantage in the fourth Test. He walks off unbeaten, a second century in the match under his belt, and with plenty of time for the hosts to set about trying to take ten England wickets. There will be 15 overs to bowl tonight, with around an hour and a quarter to bowl them - plus a full day tomorrow (weather permitting). The notional target is 388, but you will hardly need reminding that England haven't managed to pass 300 at any point in the series, never mind in the fourth innings on a wearing track. Can they summon the spirit of Vihari and Ashwin and block their way to safety - possibly with the help of some rain - or are Australia nailed on for 4-0? Let's see
AT Carey c sub (†OJ Pope) b Leach 0 (5m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Out comes Alex Carey. Australia ploughing on...
C Green c Root b Leach 74 (167m 122b 7x4 1x6) SR: 60.65
Maybe Cummins is now waiting for Green to get to three figures...?
Jack Leach back
END OF OVER:68 | 1 Run | AUS: 259/4
- Usman Khawaja101 (138b)
- Cameron Green68 (118b)
- Mark Wood15-0-65-2
- Dawid Malan2-0-13-0
McFly: "Come on Pat! 2 more overs at most, and have a good crack before stumps." There are 18 still scheduled for the day (minus two for the changeover)
"Biggest partnership of the series now." Spot on, Sam
Evening all. Uzzie does it for Australia. Now, how much longer until Cummins calls them in?
Some juicy stat goodness, courtesy Sampath Bandarupalli from ESPNcricinfo's stats team: Usman Khawaja - only the 9th player to score centuries in both innings of an Ashes Test. Also only the 3rd player after Doug Walters and Ricky Ponting to score twin Test 100s at the SCG, and just the 10th player in Test cricket to score centuries in both innings while batting at No.5 and lower.
END OF OVER:67 | 8 Runs | AUS: 258/4
- Cameron Green67 (117b)
- Usman Khawaja101 (133b)
- Dawid Malan2-0-13-0
- Mark Wood14-0-64-2
No sign of the declaration! Time to tee off (not recklessly). In fact, teeing off recklessly would do the trick too... here's Alan Gardner to take you through to the close, as the players take drinks.
Mani: "What's holding Cummins back??? Still on the banana???" -- Can confirm he's finished the banana. No fruit to be seen!
Andrew P: "Awesome effort Uzzie!!! Twice as many centuries in the series as all the England players combined!!"
Arjun Paudyal: "Uzzie my man, you did it!!"
