England v Australia Fourth Test day 5 scores, results, teams, schedule, wickets, fixtures, odds, tickets, how to watch

Manchester: When Mitchell Marsh leaned forward to punch Moeen Ali wide of the cover sweeper around 20 minutes before tea on the fourth day, Australia notched only their second century stand since the Lord’s Test.

Marnus Labuschagne’s century, his first in England in his eighth Test here, was the headline event of the 30 overs bowled in the narrow gap between the rain clouds at Old Trafford, but it was the union with Marsh that mattered most.

Since Marsh’s…