- Fourth Test, day four: Australia 317 & 214-5; England 592
- One wicket taken on day four with only 30 overs bowled
Another nervy day of checking weather apps and interpreting cloud formations awaits England and Australia after a truncated Saturday in which Joe Root produced a breakthrough that could yet prove pivotal to the destiny of the Ashes.
Soggy scenes at Old Trafford pushed back the start time on the fourth day and, when play eventually got under way at 2.45pm, the precipitation was followed by two hours of frustration for the hosts. Marnus Labuschagne pushed back on their hopes of a victory charge with only his second Test century on foreign soil.
Written by Ali Martin at Emirates Old Trafford
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/22/england-australia-ashes-day-four-fourth-test-match-report under the title “Rain and Labuschagne leave frustrated England with one day to save Ashes”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
