England well on top as they crush the Australian middle order.
Australia are in trouble of being bundled out for an embarrassing total at Lords, in the second Test match of the series.
Sitting at 96-7 at tea, England were close to wrapping up the Australian tail and taking a commanding lead into their second innings.
Scorecard
England v Australia
Played at Lords
Toss won by England
England 1st Innings (overnight: 289-7)
A. Cook lbw b Watson 12
J. Root lbw b Harris 6
J. Trott c Khawaja b Harris 58
K. Pietersen c Haddin b Harris 2
I. Bell c Clarke b Smith 109
J. Bairstow c and b Smith 67
M. Prior c Haddin b Smith 6
T. Bresnan c Haddin b Harris 7
J. Anderson c Haddin b Harris 12
S. Broad c Haddin b Pattinson 33
G. Swann not out 28
Extras (lb11, w4, nb6) 21
Total (all out, 100.1 overs, 452 mins) 361
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Cook), 2-26 (Root), 3-28 (Pietersen), 4-127 (Trott), 5-271 (Bell), 6-274 (Bairstow), 7-283 (Prior), 8-289 (Bresnan), 9-313 (Anderson), 10-361 (Broad)
Bowling: Pattinson 20.1-3-95-1 (3nb, 4w); Harris 26-6-72-5; Watson 13-4-45-1; Siddle 22-6-76-0 (1nb); Agar 13-2-44-0 (2nb); Smith 6-1-18-3;
Australia 1st Innings
S. Watson lbw b Bresnan 30
C. Rogers lbw b Swann 15
U. Khawaja c Pietersen b Swann 14
P. Hughes c Prior b Bresnan 1
M. Clarke lbw b Broad 28
S. Smith c Bell b Swann 2
B. Haddin not out 2
A. Agar run out (Prior/Anderson) 2
P. Siddle not out 0
Extras (lb1, w1) 2
Total (7 wktx, 41 overs, 179 mins) 96
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Watson), 2-50 (Rogers), 3-53 (Hughes), 4-69 (Khawaja), 5-86 (Smith), 6-91 (Clarke), 7-96 (Agar)
To bat: J Pattinson, R Harris
Bowling: Anderson 10-6-20-0; Broad 9-3-20-1 (1w); Bresnan 7-1-28-2; Swann 15-4-27-3
Match position: Australia are 265 runs behind England with three first 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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