ngland’s pursuit of victory within the Fourth Ashes Test was this morning on maintain but once more, with Ben Stokes’s facet praying for respite from the rain on the ultimate day at Old Trafford.
England should win the competition to arrange a sequence decider on the Oval subsequent week and are properly on prime within the sport, with Australia 5 wickets down and nonetheless 61 runs from making the house facet bat once more.
However, two classes of play had been worn out by rain on Saturday, with Marnus Labuschagne’s century within the interim irritating England.
Labuschagne ultimately fell to Joe Root’s spin for 111 however England’s probabilities of cleansing up the ultimate 5 touring wickets are within the arms of the climate gods, with additional rain on Sunday morning forcing a delayed begin to play.
Even ought to the rain subside, floor workers nonetheless face a serious clean-up to get a sodden outfield playable after heavy downpours in a single day. On Saturday, it took nearly two hours with out rain earlier than play was in a position to resume.
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