August 11, 2013 (7STARNEWS)The fourth Ashes test was evenly balanced at lunch on day three after England quickly wrapped up the final five wickets of Australia's first innings but lost Joe Root cheaply to lie eight runs behind.
Resuming 16 runs adrift on 222-5, the Australians added just 48 before being bowled out for 270, with overnight centurion Chris Rogers (110) one of two batsmen to fall to offspinner Graeme Swann before the new ball was taken.
Stuart Broad completed his ninth five-wicket haul in tests by trapping Ryan Harris (28) lbw to end the innings, but a satisfying morning's work by England was tarnished when Root was bowled by a pearler from Harris before lunch.
Alastair Cook was on 17 and Jonathan Trott hadn't scored, with England on 24-1.
Scoreboard
Australia
David Warner b Broad 3
Chris Rogers c Prior b Swann 110
Usman Khawaja c Prior b Broad 0
Michael Clarke c Cook b Broad 6
Steve Smith c Prior b Bresnan 17
Shane Watson c Prior b Broad 68
Brad Haddin lbw Swann 13
Peter Siddle c Cook b Anderson 5
Ryan Harris lbw Broad 28
Nathan Lyon lbw Anderson 4
Jackson Bird not out 0
Extras- (2b, 11lb, 1w, 2nb) 16
TOTAL- (all out) 270
Overs- 89.3.
Fall of wickets- 1—12, 2—12, 3—49, 4—76, 5—205, 6—224, 7—233, 8—245, 9—258.
Bowling- James Anderson 25—8—65—2, Stuart Broad 24.3—7—71—5 (1w, 2nb), Tim Bresnan 19—3—63—1, Graeme Swann 18—5—48—2, Jonathan Trott 3—0—10—0.
England
Alastair Cook not out 17
Joe Root b Harris 2
Jonathan Trott not out 5
Extras- 0
TOTAL- (for 1 wicket) 24
Overs- 9.
Fall of wickets- 1—17.
Still to bat- Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Jonny Bairstow, Matt Prior, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson.
Bowling- Ryan Harris 5—1—15—1, Jackson Bird 4—2—9—0.
Toss- won by England.
Series- England leads 2—0.
Umpires- Aleem Dar, Pakistan, and Tony Hill, New Zealand.
Third Umpire Marais Erasmus, South Africa. Match Referee- Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lanka.
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Sunday, August 11, 2013
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