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Bad light stopped play 6.22pm - close 277-2 (Hayden 110, Martyn 9) 78.4 overs. Rain Sstopped play 1.37-3.29pm (tea taken) 185-1 (Hayden 70, Ponting 0) 52.4 overs 200: 258 min, 57.2 overs. Rain stopped play 4.26-5.28pm 243-1 (Hayden 101, Ponting 20) 65.5 overs 250: 299 min, 67 overs. Rain stopped play 11.35-12.04pm 138-0 (Langer 86, Hayden 47) 40.3 overs 150: 202 min, 44.5 overs Lunch: 157-0 (Langer 91, Hayden 60) 47 overs.

At 3.30pm the players took the field after tea, then Australia accepted the umpires' offer of bad light - close Third day (min 98 overs): rain delayed start until 11am. 3-0-16-0, 7.1-1-28-4); Flintoff 34-10-78-5 (nb6) (4-1-11-0, 8-4-14-0, 2-1-2-0, 2-0-13-0, 18-4-38-5); Giles 23-1-76-0 (1-0-14-0, 6-0-17-0, 3-0-13-0, 13-1-32-0); Collingwood 4-0-17-0 (one spell).Progress: Second day: Lunch: 19-0 (Langer 16, Hayden 2) 7 overs 50: 80 min, 18 overs 100: 134 min, 29.5 overs Tea: 112-0 (Langer 75, Hayden 32) 33 overs. With the crowd cheering every ball, even though they could not see it, Glenn McGrath edged a catch to Strauss and the innings ended when Brett Lee was caught by Ashley Giles on the midwicket boundary.. England won toss ENGLAND - First Innings 373 (Strauss 129; Warne 6-122). AUSTRALIA - First InningsOvernight: 2777 for 2)J L Langer b Harmison 105235 min, 146 balls, 11 fours, 2 sixesM L Hayden lbw b Flintoff 138420 min, 303 balls, 18 fours, 1 five*R T Ponting c Strauss b Flintoff 3584 min, 56 balls, 3 foursD R Martyn c Collingwood b Flintoff 1036 min, 29 balls, 1 fourM J Clarke lbw b Hoggard 25119 min, 59 balls, 2 foursS M Katich lbw b Flintoff 112 min, 11 balls? C Gilchrist lbw b Hoggard 2331 min, 20 balls, 4 foursS K Warne c Vaughan b Flintoff 018 min, 10 ballsB Lee c Giles b Hoggard 622 min, 10 ballsG D McGrath c Strauss b Hoggard 06 min, 6 ballsS W Tait not out 17 min, 2 ballsExtras (b4 lb8 w2 nb9) 23Total (499 min, 107.1 overs) 367Fall: 1-185 (Langer) 2-264 (Ponting) 3-281 (Martyn) 4-323 (Hayden) 5-330 (Katich) 6-356 (Gilchrist) 7-359 (Clarke) 8-363 (Warne) 9-363 (McGrath ) 10-367 (Lee).Bowling: Harmison 22-2-87-1 (nb2 w2) (5-1-14-0, 3-0-7-0, 9-1 -39-1, 3-0-15-0, 2-0-12-0); Hoggard 24.1-2-97-4 (nb1) (7-1-21-0, 7-0-32-0. The England captain juggled the catch and it gave his talisman his second five-wicket haul in Tests.

Clarke was dropped again after the interval but his luck ran out when he missed a straight ball from Hoggard. Warne soon followed when he top-edged a pull at Flintoff to Vaughan at mid-on. And it was this type of delivery which accounted for Hayden and Simon Katich. Playing forward to a 6ft 6in brute who bowls the ball at 85 to 90mph is a hazardous task. Hayden was attempting to do this against the ball that dismissed him, a nip-backer that rapped him on the pad. Hayden knew it was close and, in the true spirit of this series, said "well bowled" to Flintoff as he walked past him.

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