| Scores | Upcoming | Results |
Cricket Australia XI 250 (Short 51, Woakes 6-55) and 364 for 4 (Short 134*, Sangha 133)
England 515 (Stoneman 111, Malan 109, Root 83, Short 4-103)
Results Match drawn
Townsville: England narrowly avoided the indignity of going wicketless on the final day of their last Ashes warm-up game against a Cricket Australia XI in Townsville.
Jason Sangha, 18, and Matthew Short - with only seven first-class matches between them - made maiden centuries.
They shared a stand of 263, Sangha falling to leg-spinner Mason Crane before a draw was agreed with the hosts on 364-4 and 99 ahead.
Sangha was dropped by Mark Stoneman on 43, but England created little else.
The tourists were not helped by a placid, unresponsive pitch, but the mitigating circumstances do little to improve damaged morale so close to Thursday's first Test against Australia in Brisbane.
On Friday, England looked to be heading to the Gabba in good health, especially after the announcement of a surprising Australia squad.
England comfortably defeated a similar Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide last week and for two days in northern Queensland they looked set to do so again.
