Australia Test captain Pat Cummins rubbished the talks of not declaring early to get more time to bowl England out, saying that he believed the time Australia got was enough, given that the pitch was not playing many tricks.

His words come after England managed to draw the fourth Test match in Sydney while chasing 388 runs and have avoided a white-wash in the ongoing Ashes 2021-22 series. The final match of the series will be played in Hobart and will be a day-night affair from January 14 onwards.

"Great game of Test cricket. We got close. Bitless weather might have got us there. Obviously would've loved 4-0, but good match. The forecasts are hopeless, I learned that this week. Getting close to 400, I felt we needed that. The wicket wasn't playing too many tricks. And I thought there was enough time," said Cummins after the fourth Test came to an end.

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"Smith did the vice-captain thing and said I will bowl (laughs). Bit of a running joke in the team that they should have a bowl-off to see who the No.1 leggie is in the team (Smith and Marnus)," he added.

Resuming the third and final session on Day 5 at 174/4, Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow added 19 more runs to the total. Stokes made 60, Bairstow made 41, while Leach contributed 26 runs. Stuart Broad and James Anderson batted out the final two overs on Day 5 and remained unbeaten at the crease to earn a draw.

(ANI inputs)