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| England slump again in Melbourne | England slump again in Melbourne |
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| England were facing another heavy defeat after slumping to 90-4 at tea on day three of the fourth Ashes Test. | England were facing another heavy defeat after slumping to 90-4 at tea on day three of the fourth Ashes Test. |
| Stuart Clark bowled Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen, Glenn McGrath trapped Ian Bell lbw and Paul Collingwood drove Brett Lee to short extra-cover. | Stuart Clark bowled Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen, Glenn McGrath trapped Ian Bell lbw and Paul Collingwood drove Brett Lee to short extra-cover. |
| Andrew Strauss battled away for an unbeaten 31 but his team need another 170 to make Australia bat again. | Andrew Strauss battled away for an unbeaten 31 but his team need another 170 to make Australia bat again. |
| The hosts were dismissed for 419, with Sajid Mahmood taking 4-100 and Steve Harmison removing Andrew Symonds (156). | The hosts were dismissed for 419, with Sajid Mahmood taking 4-100 and Steve Harmison removing Andrew Symonds (156). |
| Resuming on 372-7, Symonds added only two to his overnight score before getting a thick edge behind trying to play an expansive drive off Harmison. | Resuming on 372-7, Symonds added only two to his overnight score before getting a thick edge behind trying to play an expansive drive off Harmison. |
| Shane Warne was determined to enjoy himself in his last Test at the MCG and thrashed six boundaries in an entertaning unbeaten 40 off 54 balls. | |
| Mahmood bore the brunt of his strokeplay before having Clark and McGrath caught close in, while Chris Read finished with six catches. | Mahmood bore the brunt of his strokeplay before having Clark and McGrath caught close in, while Chris Read finished with six catches. |
| The enormity of England's task soon became apparent, however, with McGrath consistently making the ball move away off the seam from just outside off-stump. | The enormity of England's task soon became apparent, however, with McGrath consistently making the ball move away off the seam from just outside off-stump. |
| Clark did the early damage with two wickets to rock the tourists | Clark did the early damage with two wickets to rock the tourists |
| Cook passed 1,000 runs in his first calendar year of Test cricket but should have been out before lunch when the veteran seamer rapped him on the pad with a straight delivery that held its line. | Cook passed 1,000 runs in his first calendar year of Test cricket but should have been out before lunch when the veteran seamer rapped him on the pad with a straight delivery that held its line. |
| South African umpire Rudi Koertzen somehow ruled in his favour but McGrath's fellow metronome Clark accounted for him soon after the interval. | South African umpire Rudi Koertzen somehow ruled in his favour but McGrath's fellow metronome Clark accounted for him soon after the interval. |
| A lazy drive from the young left-hander caught the inside edge before the ball crashed into middle-stump. | A lazy drive from the young left-hander caught the inside edge before the ball crashed into middle-stump. |
| McGrath then nipped the ball back into Bell to win only the second lbw verdict of the match, although there was some doubt whether the ball would have gone on to hit the top of the stumps. | McGrath then nipped the ball back into Bell to win only the second lbw verdict of the match, although there was some doubt whether the ball would have gone on to hit the top of the stumps. |
| Pietersen came in at four, not his preferred five, and was soon trudging back to the pavilion after Clark bowled a beauty which jagged back in and went through a big gate. | Pietersen came in at four, not his preferred five, and was soon trudging back to the pavilion after Clark bowled a beauty which jagged back in and went through a big gate. |
| Collingwood played sensibly to lead a brief rally with Strauss until he also drove loosely and left his side with a mountain to climb. | Collingwood played sensibly to lead a brief rally with Strauss until he also drove loosely and left his side with a mountain to climb. |
| It could have been worse had Hayden held on to a difficult chance at gully off Strauss, and had Lee hurled the ball in more accurately from long-leg with the opener yards short. | It could have been worse had Hayden held on to a difficult chance at gully off Strauss, and had Lee hurled the ball in more accurately from long-leg with the opener yards short. |