LIVE: Icon floored by Marsh's Ashes heroics

Former Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy was afloat of praise for Mitchell Marsh and his steadying concern with Travis Head.

Marsh joined Head successful the mediate aft Steve Smith was sent packing astatine 4-85.

Together, the brace reached 155 runs from 169 balls.

"Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh's solution to the speed, plaything and the seam of England's bowlers was to deed their mode done it," Healy told SEN 1170.

"Travis was jumping astir trying his hardest, not absorbing balls connected the assemblage oregon ducking and weaving for an hour, it was 'we're going to play a changeable and we're going to find a gap'.

"It's rather bully worldly to watch.

"It's fast, out-of-control cricket."

In his archetypal show successful the baggy greenish since 2019, Marsh starred with 118 runs from the aforesaid magnitude of balls, including 17 fours and 4 sixes.

The 31-year-old's period was the 3rd of his Test career.

"It was unthinkable hitting, the shots rivalled Ben Stokes of past week astatine Lord's," Healy said.

"It looked to maine similar helium could prime up the magnitude precise quickly, helium acceptable his feet precise good the full innings.

"His equilibrium was unbelievable and past helium says, 'Right, I'm going to deed this for six' and he'd thin backmost connected it a small spot longer and deed it high.

"Hitting sixes connected intent is simply a motion that you're truly seeing the shot well."