Ashes cricket: The England skipper looks all set to post a big score on day three…
England picked up their final wicket early on to bowl out the Australians for 204, giving them a 51 run lead before the start of the second innings.
England skipper Alistair Cook then made a quick 41 as England came in to bat, with his partner Michael Carberry adding five, leaving the tourists on 54-0, giving England a 105 run lead at lunch on day three.
Australia 1st Innings 204 all out (82.2 overs)
Runs | Minutes | Balls | 4s | 6s | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rogers | c Pietersen | b Bresnan | 61 | 218 | 171 | 8 | 0 |
Warner | c Bairstow | b Anderson | 9 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
Watson | c Bairstow | b Stokes | 10 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
Clarke | b Anderson | 10 | 57 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
Smith | c Bell | b Broad | 19 | 92 | 77 | 3 | 0 |
Bailey | c Bairstow | b Anderson | 0 | 37 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Haddin | c Bairstow | b Anderson | 65 | 142 | 68 | 7 | 1 |
Johnson | c Anderson | b Bresnan | 2 | 39 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Harris | c Root | b Broad | 6 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
Siddle | c Bresnan | b Broad | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Lyon | not out | 18 | 42 | 34 | 3 | 0 | |
Extras | 0nb 0w 0b 4lb | 4 | |||||
Total | all out | 204 | (82.2 ovs) |
England 2nd Innings 54 for 0 (15.4 overs)
Runs | Minutes | Balls | 4s | 6s | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cook | not out | 41 | 61 | 46 | 5 | 0 | |
Carberry | not out | 5 | 61 | 48 | 1 | 0 | |
Extras | 0nb 0w 4b 4lb | 8 | |||||
Total | for 0 | 54 | (15.4 ovs) |
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