Sydney, Jan. 7 -- Jacob Bethell's maiden first-class century and late strikes from Australia highlighted the final session of Day 4 of the fourth and final Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) as England finished on 302/8 with Bethell (142*) and Matthew Potts on the crease, with the Three Lions leading by 119 runs.

England added 123 runs in the final session of the day but lost five wickets with 22-year-old Bethell playing the lone hand in England's scoring.

Starting from 179/3 after Tea, England's Bethell and Harry Brook continued to bat freely with regular boundaries coming off their bats. Bethell brought up his maiden Test century, becoming only the fifth Englishman to score his first FC hundred in a Test match, as England f...