The second day the match is in England's favour, but not by an enormous amount. A couple of early wickets tomorrow and it could be back on an even keel. Some tail-end hitting from Johnson and Hilfenhaus earlier in the day got Australia to 280, and then Strauss and Cook gave England the perfect start, until Hilfenhaus and Johnson started to make inroads.
Australia 280
England 167/3 (48.0 ov)
England trail by 113 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
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Michael Clarke made an early mark as captain when he handed Johnson the new ball for the first time since the Lord's Test in 2009, but his opening spell lasted three overs, during which he was cut by both batsmen, and Strauss was motoring along at more than a run-a-ball in a perfect tone-setting display. The England captain also drove with authority, a sign his game is in top order, as Clarke began to realise the challenges of captaincy in the current Australian era.
Strauss went to fifty shortly after tea when he scythed a cut over the slips but Hilfenhaus provided relief for Australia when he went round the wicket and took off stump with one that shaped away from the left hander. That breakthrough sparked a lift in Australia's bowling and Trott fell for his first Test duck when he dragged Johnson into his stumps.
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