WATCH: Shaun Marsh and family go in ecstatic celebration after Mitchell Marsh's special Ashes century at Headingley

Australia's Mitchell Marsh made a sensational comeback in Test cricket with a stunning century in the first innings of the third Ashes Test.

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Star Australian allrounder Mitchell Marsh made a sensational comeback in Test cricket with a stunning century in the ongoing third Ashes 2023 Test against England. Marsh smashed his third Test century on the first day of the third Ashes Test at the Headingley in Leeds against the hosts.

Subsequently, it was also a proud moment for the Marsh family as Mitchell's brother and former Australian batter Shaun Marsh was seen celebrating with family after the century.

The video of this ecstatic celebration of the Marsh family is also making rounds on social media within minutes of being shared by a user on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

Here’s the video:

Speaking of the ongoing action of the third Test at Headingley, the Aussies are in a commanding position as England have lost 8 wickets on the score of 169 runs in response to Australia’s first-innings total of 263 runs.

At the time of filling this copy, skipper Ben Stokes was there in the middle on the individual score of 28 runs alongside the new batsman in, Scott Boland. Australia skipper Pat Cummins led the bowling attack from the front and claimed an amazing five-wicket haul to trouble the England batting lineup in the first innings.

Apart from him, Mitchell Marsh and Mitchell Starc have also scalped 1 and 2 wickets respectively so far for Australia.

Earlier in the first innings of Australia, their batting surrounded completely towards the century scored by Mitchell Marsh. He played a quick knock of 118 runs with a very good strike rate of 100.00 including 17 fours and 4 sixes to his name.

Notably, the visitors are already leading the five-match Ashes series by a margin of 2-0 with two thrilling wins in the first two Tests at Edgbaston and Lord’s respectively. Now, they are eyeing to end up the hopes for England and winning the series with another famous win and this time at the Headingley in Leeds.

It will also be a time for Australia to square off the defeat they faced against England in 2019 at the Headingley courtesy of Ben Stokes’ heroics when he scored unbeaten 135 runs.

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