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# The Ashes 2010: Australia v England, second Test, day four tea report
## Second Test, day four (tea): Australia (245 & 160-0) trail England (620-5
dec) by 215 runs
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Graeme Swann made the first inroads in [**Australia'**][2]s second innings as
[**England**][3] scented their chance of victory, even as storm clouds
gathered above the Adelaide Oval.
After finally declaring their first innings on 620 for five, England had a
375-run lead and almost two days - weather permitting - to bowl out their
hosts in this second Ashes Test.
Australia's survival prospects were enhanced in an opening stand of 84. But
Swann, bowling unchanged for 24 overs in tandem with pace, then took two
early-afternoon wickets.
By tea the hosts were 160 for three, still facing a long haul to avoid a 1-0
deficit with three matches to play but with renewed hope provided by official
warnings of imminent and severe thunderstorms.
Openers Shane Watson and Simon Katich, parted in the first over and without a
run on the board at the start of this match three days ago, were unmoved up to
and beyond lunch.
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Katich had to bat and run almost on one leg thanks to an ankle injury, done no
favours by more than two days in the field.
But both he and Watson approached a daunting task with an evident intent to
take all reasonable scoring opportunities, rather than merely survive.
The introduction of Swann, at 44 for none after just 10 overs, brought a more
circumspect response from the batsmen - but still no breakthrough.
England's hope was that their champion off-spinner could make the most of
footmarks created by Doug Bollinger's 29 overs of left-arm pace from the river
end.
But a clutch of morning miscues and bat-pads did not go to hand, the closest
call coming when Ian Bell was just unable to reach a ball which looped over
his head at silly-point when Watson was on 26.
It was to be Swann nonetheless who got England up and running, as he started
to find slightly sharper turn and variable bounce on a pitch expected to
deteriorate.
First, Katich followed an off-break and got a faint edge behind on the back
foot.
Then Ricky Ponting, on a king pair but beginning to look comfortable once he
cut Swann for four after 13 balls on nought, slightly closed the face pushing
forward and was expertly caught low down to his left by Paul Collingwood at
slip.
Watson stayed put for his second half-century of the match, brought up with
his ninth four - a resounding straight-drive off Stuart Broad, who went off
shortly afterwards nursing a strained stomach muscle.
England's resources were therefore compromised but they had made enough
progress to remain optimistic of victory at some point tomorrow, especially
after Steven Finn had Watson (57) edging low to slip.
Kevin Pietersen earlier finished with a career-best 227, and Bell (68no) with
his second half-century from as many attempts in this series, before England
decided they had enough runs.
They had to balance the unfavourable weather forecast with the value of
further demoralising their hosts - and predictably batted on for 40 minutes on
an initially sunny morning, bagging an extra 69 runs.
Pietersen went one ball after clubbing Xavier Doherty for a leg-side four to
post his highest Test score, edging an attempted repeat to slip.
His 308-ball innings contained 33 fours and one six.
Matt Prior chipped some handy quick runs too - having escaped a faulty slog-
sweep high into the leg-side off Doherty, Ponting and Marcus North
shambolically allowing the ball to drop safely between them when either one
might have made the catch.
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