Australia vs England, 4th Test at Melbourne, , Dec 26 2017 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

4th Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 30, 2017, England tour of Australia and New Zealand

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Australia

327 & 263/4d

England

491

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Alastair Cook

, ENG

244*

Tom Curran tosses his boot to a spectator•Dec 30, 2017•Michael Dodge/Getty Images

Centurions Steven Smith and Alastair Cook shake hands•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

It was toil throughout for the bowlers•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

Steve Smith frustrated England's bowlers on the final day•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

Jonny Bairstow took a fine catch to remove Shaun Marsh•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

Steven Smith drives•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

Joe Root removed David Warner with his second ball•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

Moeen Ali continued to struggle to make an impact•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

David Warner and Steve Smith extended their partnership on the fifth day•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

David Warner plays a shot against James Anderson•Dec 29, 2017•Michael Dodge/Getty Images

Alastair Cook poses with his name up on the wall at the MCG's Percy Beames Bar•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

Moeen Ali sums up how everyone feels about the MCG surface•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

Another raise of the bat for Steven Smith...another hundred•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

Joe Root looks pensive•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

Stuart Broad dismissed Shaun Marsh on the stroke of lunch•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

David Warner's innings ended with a skied shot into the off side•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

History updated: Alastair Cook's 244, the highest score by a visiting batsman, reflected at the MCG•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

A member of the MCG groundstaff works on the footholes•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

David Warner completed the slowest fifty of his Test career•Dec 30, 2017•Getty Images

David Warner walks out to bat•Dec 29, 2017•Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

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Australia Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
CT Bancroft	bowled	27	42
DA Warner	caught	86	227
UT Khawaja	caught	11	14
SPD Smith	not out	102	275
SE Marsh	caught	4	22
MR Marsh	not out	29	166
Extras	(b 4)
Total	263(4 wkts; 124.2 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	30	12	46	1	1.53
SCJ Broad	24	11	44	1	1.83
CR Woakes	26	7	62	1	2.38
TK Curran	20	6	53	0	2.65
MM Ali	13.2	2	32	0	2.4
DJ Malan	8	1	21	0	2.62
JE Root	3	2	1	1	0.33

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	51	David Warner	Cameron Bancroft
2nd	14	Usman Khawaja	David Warner
3rd	107	David Warner	Steven Smith
4th	6	Shaun Marsh	Steven Smith
5th	85	Steven Smith	Mitchell Marsh

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