Three late wickets to England has them on the cusp of victory.
England are on the cusp of victory in the second Test at Lords with three wickets just before Tea helping their cause.
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
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 not out 0
Extras (b2, w1) 3
Total (6 wkts, 50.5 overs, 213 mins) 136
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Watson), 2-32 (Rogers), 3-36 (Hughes), 4-134 (Clarke), 5-135 (Khawaja), 6-136 (Smith)
Bowling: Anderson 12-1-39-1; Broad 10-1-31-0; Swann 17-3-44-2; Bresnan 7.5-5-12-1 (1w); Root 4-1-8-2
Match position: Australia need 447 more runs to reach their victory target of 583 with four second innings wickets standing.
Toss: England
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI), Marais Erasmus (RSA)
TV umpire: Tony Hill (NZL)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)
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