ASHES 3rd TEST DAY 1

 Ashes Exclusive! Marvelous Marsh smashes ton on his comeback as 13 wickets tumble on Day 1

On one more high voltage day of Ashes activity, the pendulum swinging all over, it was hard to call who was at the top as England completed the first day of the crucial third Test on 68-3, having restricting Australia out for 263 at Headingly.

Thursday's activity had everything. A huge crowd fuming in anger was quick to spread the word that they actually feel violated from a dubious second Test at Lord's, botched opportunities, returning legends, enormous hitting, a great ton and 13 wickets.

Be that as it may, it remains anybody's game. Marvelous Marsh's hundred had hauled the sightseers back into the challenge after they had been battling on 85-4, preceding a spectacular spell of bowling from Mark Wood had the audience off their seats.

Wood's Maiden Intl. five-wicket haul in Britain, on his debut in the Test format this year, assisted the hosts scalping the last six Australian wickets for 23 runs. By then, England seemed to be in control in a match they need to win to forestall Australia holding the Ashes trophy with two games yet left to be played.

Nonetheless, the departure of the two openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett, alongside new number three Harry Brook, before the end of play left the hosts feeling like they had botched one more chance in this firmly challenged series.

Back from injury, Wood showed no corrosion in a threatening first spell, where he took the wicket of Usman Khawaja (13) with a 95 mph ball that broke the stump.

Stuart Broad as of now had David Warner's number for the 16th time in his Test career so far, getting the opener's thin edge in the first over to dismiss him out for 4 runs before Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne (21), who has battled to be in good shape.

The big wicket of Steve Smith (22) preceding lunch had England solidly in control however Marsh, playing in first Test for Australia after 2019 instead of the injured Cameron Green, making comeback to place the visitors in the driving seat again. His third Test century, all of which have come against England, in a 155-run stand with Travis Head, before Marsh (118) was trapped in the last over before tea.

Marsh was dropped on 12, one of five great possibilities botched out by England, however Wood's last spell, where he took four wickets for five runs from 16 balls again moved the momentum in the hosts' side.

Bowling out skipper Pat Cummins and driving wicketkeeper Alex Carey into a snare shot that was caught satisfied the audience, who have not failed to remember the part both played in the questionable stumping of Jonny Bairstow in the second Test at Lord's, an occurrence England demanded was against the sportsmanship of the game".

In spite of all his touch of the ball being booed, Cummins stayed unfazed, taking the wickets of opener Duckett (2) and Brook (3) before Crawley (33) provided all-rounder Marsh with his opening wicket of the game.

Local boys Joe Root and Bairstow directed England the path, setting things up pleasantly for one more thrilling day on Friday.