Adelaide, Dec. 20 -- A marathon century by Travis Head and his partnership with Alex Carey helped Australia set up a massive 435 runs total for England to keep the Ashes alive, and the visitors ended the first session on day four with a wicket lost at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.

At the end of the first session, England was 5/1, with Zak Crawley (1*) and Ollie Pope (0*) unbeaten. They need to chase down their highest-ever total in Test history to win the third Test and keep the Ashes alive.

Australia started the day three at 271/4, with Head (142*) and Carey (52*) unbeaten and their team in the driver's seat with a 356-run lead.

Carey and Head started off by getting boundaries against Brydon Carse.

Head's marathon knock was ended by Jos...