Nathan Lyon appeals for a dismissal alongside his Australian team mates during yesterday in the fifth Ashes test at the SCG. Brothers Shaun and Mitchell Marsh had earlier both scored centuries on a scorching morning at the Sydney Cricket Ground to put Australia in a position where they could declare on 649-7 in the second session. The brothers both scored their second centuries of the series in a brilliant 169-run partnership that built on the mammoth 171 Usman Khawaja scored on Saturday. "To be out there with Mitch, to both score our test centuries today for Australia, being out there and sharing each other’s emotions when we got to our hundreds, was an extremely happy moment. While Australia flourished with the bat, England continued to struggle.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 07, 2018 19:07 UTC