Rain affects 4th day of 4th Ashes Test

Melbourne, Dec 29 (CRICKETNMORE) - Rain played the spoilsport after Australia scored 103/2, trailing by 61 runs on the fourth day of the fourth Ashes Test against England here on Friday. David Warner (40) and skipper Steven Smith (25) were

Then Australian skipper Smith joined in the middle and stabilised the innings with Warner.

Earlier, England were bowled out at the overnight score of 491. Anderson was dismissed by Pat Cummins on the very first ball of the day and opener Alastair Cook remained unbeaten at 244.

For Australia, Cummins scalped four wickets while Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon took three wickets each.