Sydney: It was understandable the Australian batsman Shaun Marsh got a bit carried away when his little brother Mitchell scored his century on the fourth day of the fifth Test against England on Sunday.

It was not only that his sibling had been at the other end when he himself had reached the magic milestone at the Sydney Cricket Ground little more than an hour earlier.

It was perhaps as much as anything because only a few months ago, it looked highly unlikely that either brother would be wearing the baggy green against England.

It made their moment on a scorching hot Sydney morning all the sweeter and Shaun got so carried away he nearly ran Mitchell out as they completed the two runs that gave the younger brother his second Test ton only a few weeks after his first.

The 26-year-old roared with delight and, on returning for the second run, stopped mid-pitch to hug his brother, unaware the ball had not reached the boundary and was still in play.

"I pretty much went for the high five and Shaun went for the hug," said Mitchell. "We somewhere parked in the middle and had a quick split second level of panic and hugged again after that."

Shaun was happy to take the blame."I think emotions sort of got the better of me and I just wanted to give him a hug," he said. "I saw him starting to celebrate and sort of lost all concept of where the ball was and what was happening with the ball.

"Thankfully it all worked out. I was just really happy for him." Reuters