LIVE: Marsh slams century in amazing Test comeback

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Mitchell Marsh nicks disconnected to 2nd slip, departing for 118 aft a phenomenal sound successful his Test comeback.

Chris Woakes bags the wicket and Zak Crawley takes the catch.

Marsh goes for 118 from 118 deliveries aft arriving successful the mediate with the Aussies connected 4-85.

And play breaks for beverage immediately, the Aussies sitting successful a beardown presumption astatine 5-240.

Travis Head volition resume connected 39 with Alex Carey astatine the different end.

After the contention of Lord's, Carey is definite to bull a ferocious reception erstwhile helium walks retired to bat aft tea.

WHAT A COMEBACK!

Mitchell Marsh prods a Moeen Ali transportation to constituent and collects a azygous to bring up a rapid-fire century.

The big-framed all-rounder, filling successful for the injured Cameron Green, takes conscionable 102 balls to scope his century.

In the aftermath of the past Test helium played, against England successful the 5th lucifer of the 2019 Ashes series, helium told media: "Most of Australia hatred me".

I'm definite that's not the lawsuit now.

The Aussies were successful occupation connected 4-84 erstwhile Marsh arrived successful the middle, but are present 4-218.

Marsh is connected 102 and Head 35.

Confirmation comes done of Ollie Robinson being successful the hands of aesculapian staff.

He near the tract aft bowling 2 balls successful the 43rd over, earlier being replaced by Stuart Broad.

Perhaps the 2 astir explosive batters successful the Australian XI for the Leeds Test, Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh, person combined for a concern of 100 runs.

They scope the milestone from conscionable 118 balls with Head contributing 34 and Marsh 69.

"This is simply a truly unsafe partnership, truly dangerous," says erstwhile England opener Michael Atherton successful commentary.

The Aussies are 4-185.

Concerning signs arsenic England paceman Ollie Robinson leaves the tract aft bowling the archetypal 2 balls of the 43rd over.

Stuart Broad takes implicit from Robinson, who doesn't look to beryllium limping.

Mitchell Marsh has begun his comeback Test successful awesome fashion, batting positively for a half-century arsenic the replacement for the injured Cameron Green.

The Western Australian has made 50 runs from 59 balls astatine Headingley, helping the Aussies to 4-147 successful his archetypal Test since September 2019.

"He surely looks crisp for a feline who hasn't played a batch of cricket this year," Mark Taylor said successful commentary conscionable earlier helium brought up 50.

Marsh is playing his archetypal Test since the 5th lucifer of the 2019 Ashes series, won by England by 135 runs astatine The Oval.

Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh present person a concern of 50 runs soon aft lunch.

Marsh survived a reappraisal for lbw and caught successful the slips conscionable earlier the milestone was reached, with Ollie Robinson going adjacent to removing the big-framed all-rounder.

England's atrocious fielding successful the bid goes from atrocious to worse arsenic erstwhile skipper Joe Root grasses Mitchell Marsh.

Woakes finds Marsh's extracurricular borderline but Root drops a regularisation drawback astatine archetypal slip, reprieving the Aussie all-rounder connected 12.

England has present dropped 13 catches and missed 1 stumping successful this Ashes series.

"Another accidental goes begging. England's catching successful this bid has been woeful," says erstwhile England skipper Nasser Hussain successful commentary.

The Aussies are 4-98 from 27 overs.

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