Australia took firm control of the second Ashes Test when an unbeaten century from Shaun Marsh pushed the hosts to 442 for eight declared in their first innings on the second day of the day-night conTest on Sunday. Marsh had earlier put the hosts on the front foot with his fifth Test century, a 231-ball vindication of the decision by the Australian selectors to hand the 34-year-old his eighth Test recall. It's great to be playing for Australia and just to be out there in the middle." It will be up to one of our guys to go out and make a bit score, not just 40 or 50." To add insult to injury on a day when the DRS had worked so well for Australia, Stoneman referred the decision, only for the tracking to show the ball would have clattered into his leg stump.

Source: dna December 03, 2017 13:54 UTC