▁giving ▁him ▁a ▁series ▁average ▁of ▁ 3 9 3 . 0 0 . ▁The ▁rain ▁ru ined ▁Australia ' s ▁party ▁and ▁a ▁d our ▁Ed gb ast on ▁test ▁ended ▁in ▁an ▁in ev itable ▁draw . ▁ ▁Day ▁One ▁ ▁The ▁Austral ians ▁won ▁the ▁toss ▁and ▁full ▁of ▁confidence ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 4 0 0 ▁plus ▁runs ▁already ▁compiled ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁tests , ▁decided ▁to ▁bat ▁again . ▁The ▁pitch ▁was ▁not ▁ideal , ▁and ▁rain ▁threatened ▁throughout , ▁but ▁a ▁solid ▁start ▁from ▁Taylor ▁and ▁Marsh ▁took ▁the ▁tour ists ▁to ▁ 8 8 ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁w icket ▁and ▁threatened ▁more ▁of ▁the ▁same . ▁Marsh ▁( 4 2 ) ▁and ▁Taylor ▁( 4 3 ) ▁both ▁made ▁solid ▁starts ▁and ▁kept ▁the ▁score ▁tick ing ▁over , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁All an ▁Border ' s ▁dismiss al ▁for ▁ 8 ▁that ▁actually ▁changed ▁Australia ' s ▁inn ings ▁for ▁the ▁better . ▁Dean ▁Jones ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁w icket ▁with ▁the ▁Austral ians ▁at ▁ 1 0 5 ▁for ▁ 3 , ▁and ▁looked ▁determined ▁for ▁a ▁well ▁over due ▁big ▁score . ▁His ▁last ▁century ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁magnific ent ▁ 2 1 6 ▁against ▁the ▁West ▁Ind ies ▁the ▁previous ▁summer , ▁and ▁he ▁had ▁looked ▁fr ustr ated ▁so ▁far ▁in ▁the ▁current ▁series . ▁ ▁Jones ▁set ▁about ▁his ▁inn ings ▁in ▁a ▁work man - like ▁fashion ▁and ▁kept ▁the ▁score board ▁tick ing ▁over . ▁He ▁and