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Khawaja fulfils Ashes dream

Agencies, Sydney
Usman Khawaja plun-dered a big century as CRICKET H Australia r?aSted ECB England s bowlers on Saturday to open up a 133-run lead with two days to play in the final Ashes Test in Sydney.
Khawaja topscored with 171 while Shaun Marsh finished unbeaten on 98 after Steve Smith fell for 83 as Australia built a substantial lead with more runs to come and intense 40 Celsius (104 F) heat forecast for Sunday's fourth day.
The fans at the SCG came to see Steve Smith follow in the footsteps of Don Bradman, but instead it was Khawaja who turned the famous venue into his field of dreams.
England finds themselves in a familiar position after the third day but this time it's not the feats of the Australian captain that have them under the pump.
Smith missed out on what would have been a landmark century but they were instead put to the sword by Khawaja then the Marsh brothers. Shaun Marsh is just two runs shy of his sixth Test ton, and second of the series,
while Mitchell Marsh will also have designs on another big one.
Australia have already regained the Ashes with an unassailable 3-0 lead and are looking to close out the series 4-0 after last week's fourth test in Melbourne was drawn.
At the close of play on a dispiriting third day for the tourists, who took just two wickets, brothers Shaun and Mitchell Marsh were making merry in an unbroken 104-run partnership as Australia cruised to 479 for four.
Khawaja batted for 515 minutes off 381 balls with 18 fours and a six for his maiden Ashes Test hundred.
"You don't get to celebrate Test centuries too much unless you’re Steve Smith. You've got to enjoy them when they come," Khawaja said.
It was the Pakistan-born Khawaja's sixth Test hundred and first in Sydney and came at a time when some former players were calling for his sacking despite scoring two half-centuries earlier in the series.
He fell three runs short of his highest Test score of 174 scored against New Zealand in Brisbane in 2015.
SCORES IN BRIEF
ENGLAND: First innings 346 (Root 83, Malan 62; Cummins 4-80) AUSTRALIA: First innings 479-4 (Warner 56, Khawaja 171, Smith 83 S Marsh not out 98, M Marsh not out 63; Alii-125, Crane 1-135)