Flintoff bowled absolutely magnificently for the second day in a row. He gave warning of his intent by smacking Brad Haddin on the pads with his third ball which beat the Australian wicketkeeper with sheer pace. The next delivery enticed Haddin forward to edge low to Paul Collingwood at second slip. He had failed to add anything further to his overnight score of 80.

Mitchell Johnson started briskly enough with a drive for four off Anderson. Then he was struck on the pads by a low full toss from Flintoff which if it had not been judged a no ball would have hit the stumps .Michael Clarke on 125 not out was seemingly unfazed by the powerful England bowling attack and set about Stuart Broad, who had replaced James Anderson at the Nursery End, with gusto by hitting a boundary.

Johnson, similarly off-drove Broad for four to bring up the 350 for Australia, but unfortunately for the visitors they then lost Clarke, bowled for 136 by Graeme Swann’s second delivery of the morning. 

Freddie Flintoff, still bounding powerfully  in from the Pavilion End after more than an hour of high-pace bowling took out  Nathan Hauritz for one and Peter Siddle for seven. He was showing no sign of the injuries that have plagued him. Johnson, dropped on 36 was riding his luck, hitting a difficult return shot to Swann, who was unable to gather the ball. He continued to play his full range of shots while wickets continued to fall around him. He was the last man out, bowled by Swann for 63 which included nine boundaries.

Australia, who had resumed at 313 for five in their second innings chasing 522 for victory, were bowled out for 406 in the morning session. England won by 115 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

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England won the toss and elected to bat first. Strauss and Alastair Cook(95) were quick off the ball and took just 48 overs to reach 196 – with Strauss hitting 22 fours – before Mitchell Johnson took Cook’s wicket.

With such a good start expectations were high that England would go on to record a high score but the Australian’s weren’t going to let that happen without a fight.

Bopara was out for 18 and the score stood at 222-2.  Pietersen ran up 32 and England lost their 3rd wicket at 267-3.

Collingwood, saviour of the first Test at Cardiff staying in to bat most of the last day couldn’t maintain that form today and was out for 16 and England were 302-4.

Prior was dismissed for 8 and England now 316-5 were starting to struggle.  Flintoff came to the crease with England fans expectations riding high – but he went  fora hugely disappointing 4 and it’s 333-6.

With Broad coming to the crease England are now in the lower batting orders, albeit with Strauss still holding on and England finish the day on 364-6 with Strauss(161) and Broad(7) due to return in the morning.

Australia having struggled with their bowling in the morning session must have been feeling low as England romped to 196 – but they came back strongly and had the better afternoon session taking 6 wickets for 137.

Australia will return to the attack in the morning hoping to get Strauss out quickly and then finish up the remaining wickets leaving themselves with a manageable target.

However, it looks as if the weather will have a starring role tomorrow with heavy rain forecast.

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