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01/06 18:22 CST Smith's 138 helps Australia build 183-run lead in final Ashes
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Smith's 138 helps Australia build 183-run lead in final Ashes test
SYDNEY (AP) --- Steve Smith was dismissed for 138 and Beau Webster remained
unbeaten on 71 as Australia was bowled out for 567 on Wednesday, a 183-run
first-innings lead on Day 4 of the fifth and final Ashes test.
England picked up three wickets for 49 runs in the morning session after the
Australians resumed at 518-7. England was bowled out for 384 in the first
innings.
The Australians will be pushing for victory to complete a 4-1 series win after
retaining the Ashes in 11 days of action with wins in the first three tess.
England is determined to narrow the margin after its drought-breaking win in
the fourth test at Melbourne.
Australia's commanding innings was built on centuries from stand-in opener
Travis Head, his third of the series, and Smith on Day 3.
Smith was 129 overnight but didn't settle into a rhythm before he was caught
behind off Josh Tongue's bowling, ending a 107-run eighth-wicket partnership
with allrounder Webster.
The last two wickets fell within six deliveries, with Mitchell Starc (5) bowled
by a full delivery from Tongue that moved late off the seam and off-spinner
Will Jacks (1-34) having Scott Boland caught for a first-ball duck at first
slip.
Tongue finished with figures of 3-97 from 20 overs.
The century was Smith's 13th in Ashes tests, the 37th of his career and his
fifth at the Sydney Cricket Ground. With it, he moved up to sixth on the
all-time list of most test centuries.
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