Rain holds up Ashes Test

Rain held up the first session of play on the third day of the third Ashes cricket Test between Australia and England at Headingly yesterday.

Australia was poised to resume from their overnight 116 for 4, a lead of 142 in the second innings.

Earlier, England made a comeback to score 237 in their first innings with Ben Stokes making a useful 80 runs falling short by 26 runs after Australia made 263.

Scores:

Australia: 263 (Mitchell Marsh 118, Mark Wood 5/34, Chris Woakes 3/73) and 116/4 (Usman Khawaja 43, Marnus Labuschagne 33)

England: 237 (Ben Stokes 80, Pat Cummins 6/91, Mitchell Starc 2/59)