Shaun Marsh hits unbeaten 126 as Aussies take control of second Ashes test before sending England into bat

Marsh batted through the day after resuming on 20 on Sunday, surviving an lbw decision on his way to his fifth test century and first against England.

In reply, England were 29-1 when rain halted play during the night session, a deficit of 413 runs. After the rain stopped, the umpires ruled the ground was too wet to continue before stumps. Alastair Cook remained unbeaten on 11.

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc trapped Mark Stoneman (18) lbw with a swinging yorker at the end of the seventh over, and England didn’t score another run before stumps.

Marsh has been in and out of the Australian test line-up since his debut in 2011, and was most recently dropped during the tour to India in March before getting a recall for the five-test series against England.

He hadn’t scored a test century since August last year, and had only scored one previous test hundred on home soil.