Overview
- England closed day four on 302-8, leading by 119, to take the final Ashes Test into a fifth day at the SCG.
- Bethell, 22, compiled a fluent 142 not out with stands of 81 with Ben Duckett and 102 with Harry Brook to erase a 183-run deficit.
- Ben Stokes suffered a right groin/adductor injury after bowling 10 deliveries and later managed only one run with the bat.
- Australia posted 567 built on Travis Head’s 163 and Steve Smith’s 138, with Smith recording his 37th Test hundred and moving past Jack Hobbs among Ashes run-scorers.
- Allrounder Beau Webster’s off-spin (3-51) included a pivotal double strike that removed Brook and Will Jacks, checking England’s fightback on a turning surface.