Three Lions thump Australia in lop-sided clash in London
Final Scorecard
England 1st Innings 361 (I Bell 109, J Bairstow 67, J Trott 58; R Harris 5-72, S Smith 3-18)
Australia 1st Innings 128 (G Swann 5-44)
England 2nd Innings (overnight: 333-5)
A. Cook b Siddle 8
J. Root c Smith b Harris 180
J. Trott b Siddle 0
K. Pietersen c Rogers b Siddle 5
T. Bresnan c Rogers b Pattinson 38
I. Bell c Rogers b Smith 74
J. Bairstow c Haddin b Harris 20
M. Prior not out 1
Extras (b15, lb8) 23
Total (7 wkts dec, 114.1 overs, 452 mins) 349
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Cook), 2-22 (Trott), 3-30 (Pietersen), 4-129 (Bresnan), 5-282 (Bell), 6-344 (Bairstow), 7-349 (Root)
Bowling: Harris 18.1-4-31-2; Watson 12-5-25-0; Siddle 21-6-65-3; Pattinson 20-8-42-1; Smith 14-0-65-1; Agar 29-5-98-0;
Australia 2nd Innings (target: 583)
S. Watson lbw b Anderson 20
C. Rogers b Swann 6
U. Khawaja c Anderson b Root 54
P. Hughes lbw b Swann 1
M. Clarke c Cook b Root 51
S. Smith c Prior b Bresnan 1
B. Haddin lbw b Swann 7
A. Agar c Prior b Bresnan 16
P. Siddle b Anderson 18
J. Pattinson lbw b Swann 35
R. Harris not out 16
Extras (b4, lb5, w1) 10
Total (all out, 90.3 overs, 377 mins) 235
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Watson), 2-32 (Rogers), 3-36 (Hughes), 4-134 (Clarke), 5-135 (Khawaja), 6-136 (Smith), 7-154 (Agar), 8-162 (Haddin), 9-192 (Siddle), 10-235 (Pattinson)
Bowling: Anderson 18-2-55-2; Broad 21-4-54-0; Swann 30.3-5-78-4; Bresnan 14-8-30-2 (1w); Root 7-3-9-2
Result: England won by 347 runs
Man-of-the-match: Joe Root (ENG)
Series: England lead five-match series 2-0
Toss: England
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI), Marais Erasmus (RSA)
TV umpire: Tony Hill (NZL)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)
Previous Result
Jul 10-14: First Test, Trent Bridge: England won by 14 runs
Remaining Fixtures
Aug 01-05: 3rd Test, Old Trafford
Aug 09-13: 4th Test, Chester-le-Street
Aug 21-25: 5th Test, The Oval
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