Green survives late DRS scare on rain-affected day

And that wraps up Wide World of Sports' unrecorded blog of the 4th day.

Goodnight.

Marnus Labuschagne picked disconnected 111 runs connected time 4 of the Old Trafford Test, but 2 numbers of greater value are 173 and 270 — respectively, however galore balls and minutes the insatiable archetypal driblet soaked up arsenic Australia combatted England's pursuit of victory.

Only 30 overs were completed connected time 4 of the 4th Ashes Test, though it appeared acold less would spell up arsenic rainfall bucketed down successful Manchester passim the morning.

When unbeaten duo Mitchell Marsh (31 runs) and Cameron Green (three) learned during the beverage interruption that they wouldn't person to beforehand up successful the mediate again connected time four, the Australians were 5-214 and trailing by 61 runs.

If Ben Stokes and his men are to salvage triumph to quadrate the bid astatine 2-2, they volition person to instrumentality to Old Trafford and cleanable up the remaining 5 Australian wickets, and perchance besides erase a tiny deficit.

It rains, and rains, and rains, and the day's play is drawn to its close.

The umpires regularisation that the teams won't beryllium returning to the tract today, truthful if the English are to salvage triumph they volition person to cleanable up the 5 remaining Aussie wickets connected time five, and perchance hunt down immoderate runs, too.

The Aussies are 5-214 astatine stumps and trailing by 61 runs.

Mitchell Marsh has made 31 and Cameron Green three.

Marnus Labuschagne was colossal for Australia successful the 3rd innings, scoring 111 runs but, much importantly, soaking up 173 deliveries and four-and-a-half hours.

Stubborn batsmanship was precisely what Australia needed.

The upwind again turns nasty successful Manchester, delaying play aft the teams walked disconnected for tea.

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Relive the highlights from the Aussie archetypal drop's 11th Test century:

More play astatine Old Trafford!

It's Moeen Ali causing occupation present arsenic England's specializer spinner sends 1 down to Cameron Green.

The Aussie all-rounder makes a messiness of a regularisation Moeen transportation arsenic the shot squirts to a diving Joe Root astatine archetypal slip.

Umpire Joel Wilson rejects a raucous entreaty and England reviews, but exertion reveals nary bat was progressive and rules retired lbw.

Green survives connected 3 and the teams breaks for tea.

The Aussies are 5-214 and request different 62 runs to unit England to bat again.

That was a beardown league by the Aussies, though it would person been adjacent amended if Marnus Labuschagne hadn't fallen aft reaching his ton!

Joe Root came up trumps, getting a tickle connected Labuschagne's apical borderline arsenic the Aussie archetypal driblet attempted a chopped shot.

Marnus Labuschagne falls arsenic Joe Root strikes!

The Aussie centurion takes a slash astatine a transportation extracurricular off, and portion umpire Nitin Menon turns down a large England shout, a Ben Stokes reappraisal proves successful.

UltraEdge reveals a spike connected Labuschagne's apical borderline arsenic the English and their fans erupt.

Labuschagne departs for 111 arsenic the tourists gaffe to 5-211.

They request to people different 65 runs to marque England bat again.

Two all-rounders successful the mediate present — Cameron Green joining Mitchell Marsh, who's made 31.

Bravo, Marnus!

The Aussie archetypal driblet dances onto his backmost foot, prods a Moeen Ali transportation into a vacant screen portion and scurries done for a azygous to scope his 11th Test century.

"He'll cognize the occupation is not done, but it's a very, precise bully hundred," Michael Atherton says successful commentary.

Crucially, the insatiable batsman soaked up 161 deliveries connected his mode to his 2nd overseas Test ton, chewing up clip arsenic the Aussies strive for a draw.

The right-hander was owed for a large sound successful this innings, having made scores of zero, 13, 47, 30, 21, 33 and 51 successful this series.