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    "excerpt": "Perth, Dec 16 (CRICKETNMORE) - Riding on skipper Steven Smith's second Test double-century and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh's maiden ton, Australia tightened their grip over England in the third Ashes Test reaching 549\/4 at stumps on Day 3 at the WACA",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Perth, Dec 16 (CRICKETNMORE) -<\/strong> Riding on skipper Steven Smith&#39;s second Test double-century and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh&#39;s maiden ton, Australia tightened their grip over England in the third Ashes Test reaching 549\/4 at stumps on Day 3 at the WACA ground here on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>At close, Smith was on 229 and Mitchell on 181 even as England had fallen 146 runs behind after conceding 346 runs for just one wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Smith went on to get his highest Test score, while also passing 1000 runs in the calendar year in the five-day format.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mitchell, meanwhile, got to his maiden Test century on his home ground.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Smith and Mitchell got together after Shaun Marsh had fallen early in the first session to off-spinner Moeen Ali for 28, and dominated the England attack to put on an unbroken stand of 301 for the fifth wicket without offering a single chance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Resuming on 92, Smith reached his 22nd Test century off 138 balls, his quickest in terms of balls faced. He then reached his double-century from 301 balls, hitting 26 fours and one six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mitchell came to the crease under pressure to perform having dropped a simple catch and bowled poorly during the England innings.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He started nervously but settled down and got to his century from the penultimate over before tea.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He had faced 130 balls for his century and a number of powerful drives were a feature of his landmark Test innings, which has lasted 234 balls so far and included 29 hits to the fence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Australia lead the five-match series 2-0 and can regain the Ashes with a victory here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brief Scores: England 403 vs Australia 549\/4 (Steven Smith 229 not out, Mitchell Marsh 181 not out; Craig Overton 2\/102).<\/p>\r\n",
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