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However should he continue to bat as he did yesterday it will not be long before he begins pushing for

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However, should he continue to bat as he did yesterday it will not be long before he begins pushing for a Test place. This was not the first time the all-rounder has produced something special fielding in the gully, and it will not be the last.Harmison had now taken 4 for 2 in 15 balls and the visitors were looking down at defeat. English cricket has seen plenty of the left-hander and during summers with Northamptonshire, Gloucestershire and Durham he has scored three triple centuries.And the Western Australian used this experience to guide his side to a competitive total. Hayden must have thought he had added four to his score when he cut at a short wide ball.But Collingwood miraculously plucked the ball out of the air. The ball may have been there for the shot, and the stroke is one of the strongest in his repertoire, but on this occasion a top edge gave Pietersen a simple catch at third man.Harmison's fourth wicket had more to do with the brilliance of Paul Collingwood than that of the bowler. But this Australian batting line-up has depth, and Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey set about repairing the damage.Clarke is viewed as one of the tourists' most exciting young talents but the international stage has yet to see much of Hussey. Ponting is a wonderful player but the manner of his dismissal showed England have done their homework.

The right-hander plants his front foot, which makes him vulnerable to a full ball at the start of an innings, and this is just where Harmison speared in his first ball.The 91mph yorker beat his bat and wrapped him on the pad in front of middle stump. Damien Martyn allowed the hat-trick ball to pass harmlessly through to the keeper but he could not stop himself from having a wild cut at his second delivery. Andrew Flintoff pulled Kasprowicz over square leg for six but on 19 he chipped the left-arm leg-breaks of Hogg to long-off.Hogg trapped Vaughan in front and had Geraint Jones caught at long-on, and it appeared Australia were about to finish a disastrous week on a high.The visitors appeared to have put the humiliation of losing to Bangladesh on Saturday behind them. Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden went after England's bowlers.

The left-handers took a particular liking to the medium pace of Lewis, who was twice hoisted over mid-wicket for six.It was the introduction of Stephen Harmison that changed the course of the match. Harmison has had an excellent start to the season with both Durham and England, and yesterday's five-wicket haul took his NatWest series tally to nine in two matches.Australia, on 57 for 0, looked set to post a huge score as Harmison started the 11th over of the innings, but all this was about to change. Gilchrist was the first to lose his wicket when he edged a front-foot scythe through to Jones.The tourists' awful start has placed their captain, Ricky Ponting, under pressure, and a first-ball duck did little to relieve his angst. Vikram Solanki was then run out, but in 30 balls the pair had put on 54 runs.Few would have expected such a result at the halfway stage.

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