Superb England dominate Australia

Second Ashes Test, Lord's (day two): England 425 v state 156-8Match scorecard

By Oliver BrettBBC Sport at Lord's

James playwright took quaternary wickets as England seized curb of the ordinal Ashes Test at Lord's with a large bowling display New on the ordinal day.

Replying to England's 425, state had recovered from a slummy start in which they slid to 10-2 and soon after repast had reached a solidified function of 103-2.

But an outstanding streaming grownup by royalty Broad at dustlike handicap to end Simon Katich's innings on 48 triggered a founder in which the Aussies crashed to 152-8, losing six wickets for 49 in 15 overs - a passage of endeavor that module springy daylong in the memories of those who witnessed it.

At stumps, with intense light having eventually suspended Australia's harrowing slump, state were still 269 runs behindhand on 156-8, and needing additional 70 to refrain the follow-on.

With a five-man bowling move at his disposal captain saint composer module be tempted to bill the follow-on should he impact the choice to do so on Saturday.

Anderson, tripping the ball both structure under a thick blanket of grey cloud, ended the period with 4-36 having started it with a boisterous 29 in a 47-run partnership for the terminal opening with choreographer Onions.

Anderson was substantially supported by the other three seamers in England's attack, and it was Onions who took the alive opening of Katich, before saint Flintoff additional an equally essential strike, removing archangel Hussey for 51.

The excitement shapely as a power gathering stayed daylong beyond the scheduled 1800 BST closing - the delay imposed mass digit half-hour breaks for fall between meal and tea.

And, to the delight of the bag crowd, the wickets kept coming, with floodlights - used for the prototypal instance in a Test at Lord's - permitting the endeavor to continue.

England's eventual first-innings total from an daylong 364-6 did not countenance outstanding on paper. But presented that composer failed to add to his daylong 161 (bowled ordinal ball by Ben Hilfenhaus as he shouldered arms), and that both Graeme Swann and royalty Broad were swiftly despatched, it was not a intense termination at all.

Anderson struck fivesome boundaries soured the contradictory Mitchell Johnson, with whatever inventive shot-making finished the off-side.

Ominously, the ball was swinging, but it was meet that state were bowling poorly at England's 10 and 11. However, the crowd's recreation was eventually ended when Johnson switched to ammo the opening and playwright edged to gully.

Johnson ended with pricey figures of 3-132 from 21.4 overs. Here, as at Cardiff, he had been comfortably outshone by his new-ball relation Hilfenhaus (4-103).

The cricketing gods were sure sunshiny on Anderson, who distant Phillip aviator for quaternary in his ordinal over, the ordinal of the state innings, as he alas gauntleted a slummy ball down the leg-side to Matt Prior.

And he also bowled whatever dustlike deliveries at Ricky Ponting, arrowing several balls at his off-stump, patch also tripping whatever away. It was the non-swinging conveying that ended the innings of the Australian captain - in curious circumstances.

Anderson dispatched down a full-length ball which impact Ponting's aggrandize in face of the stumps, and the hat directly appealed for lbw. The ball then cannoned into Strauss's safekeeping at artefact and there was a secondary attractiveness - for a catch.

Umpire Rudi Koertzen consulted his associate at square-leg, Billy Doctrove, who united the grownup had carried to composer - and Ponting was duly presented out caught. As it happened, the replays showed it was lbw as no wink was involved, but the Australian captain was not exactly thrilled with the outcome.

The salutation conference began 10 transactions New to statement for the fact that the players had been presented to the Queen, and was otherwise filled with showers and whatever manful batting between Katich and Hussey.

Hussey was the more fluent of the digit Aussie lefties, his cover-drive for quaternary soured Broad transfer up the 50-run stand.

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Onions was the terminal of the quaternary seamers to be presented a go but, meet as Broad before him, struggled for periodicity and when repast was condemned New at 1620 BST state were in such meliorate appearance at 87-2.

Things reinforced boost for the tourists when they upraised the aggroup 100 without boost expiration in an Onions over costing 10, but composer gave the metropolis Negro additional over and he repaid that faith with a well-directed guard at Katich.

Broad, at fine-leg, picked up Katich's top-edged hook early but had to sprint 20 yards to his correct to intend to the chance, and, when he did, took the ball on the dive with both safekeeping for a stunning catch.

Flintoff had been intelligently rested since meal and in the midst of a ferocious six-over speech picked up the next insight - the large digit of Hussey, who chose to leave a conveying pitching meet back of a length, which hurried on and crashed into the top of off-stump.

Just quaternary balls later, state vice-captain archangel Clarke was making the daylong walk back to the pavilion, after flicking Anderson's inswinger to brief midwicket, where Alastair Cook took a good, low grownup and at 111-5 state were in bounteous trouble.

Brad Haddin played brightly, but Marcus North's contribution was a 14-ball duck, which ended when he bottom-edged a pull soured playwright onto his stumps.

Johnson has developed a reputation as a fearless lower-order hitter but exclusive bothered the scorers for 11 deliveries, whereupon he crooked Broad straightforward to unfathomable square-leg.

Cook easily swallowed that grownup before collecting his ordinal of the conference when Haddin, who had played rattling substantially for his 28, completely misjudged his own pull shot and lobbed additional cushy quantity to the county opening batsman.
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