Australia’s Mitchell Marsh said on Thursday there were times he thought “he might not get back” after he ended a four-year absence from the Test arena with a scintillating Ashes hundred.

Marsh’s run-a-ball 118 was the centrepiece of Australia’s 263 on the opening day of the third Test at Headingley and the all-rounder then dismissed Zak Crawley as England threatened to rebuild after losing two early wickets.