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# The Ashes 2010: Australia v England, second Test, day three report
## Second Test, day three: England (551-4) lead Australia (245) by 306 runs
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Back to his best: Kevin Pietersen celebrates reaching his double century in
Adelaide Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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Well done: Ponting shakes Pietersen's hand for posting his double hundred
Photo: REUTERS
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Soaking it up: Pietersen receives the applause from the Barmy Army Photo: EPA
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In the runs: Pietersen and Ian Bell keep the scoreboard ticking over Photo: AP
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Picture perfect: the Adelaide Oval provides an ideal backdrop for England's
performance Photo: ACTION IMAGES
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By [Scyld Berry][8] 7:51AM GMT 05 Dec 2010
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Only five England batsmen have ever scored a Test double-century in
[**Australia**][11] - and three of them happen to be in the current side that
is starting to lord it over Australia, with a lead already of 306.
[**Kevin Pietersen**][12] added his name to the most distinguished of lists in
English cricket, before rain called a halt to his majestic progress at tea
time on the third day. By then he had reached 213 off only 296 balls.
Alastair Cook had done it in the last Test, at Brisbane, and Paul Collingwood
on the last tour, at Adelaide. So in four years three current
[**England**][13] batsmen have made a double-hundred, compared with only two
others in well over a century before then: Reggie Foster, a double
international, and Wally Hammond, an all-round sportsman if ever there was,
who made three separate innings of 200 or more in Australia.
This is not just an idle stat, something to carve on the bed-post. These
records - substantial ones, which raise the bar - are worth having because
they bolster, with reason, the confidence of a side. Pietersen, in the
process, went a long way to destroying Australia's.
To his overnight score of 85 he added 128 runs nothing less than masterfully:
making the statement to everyone watching that he, and through him England,
had mastered everything that Australia's bowlers and fielders and captain
could offer.
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After reaching his 17th Test hundred, Pietersen launched into some strokes of
outrageous brilliance. He whipped Doug Bollinger from outside offstump through
midwicket then popped him over mid-off. With every over he bowled, Bollinger
lost about one kilometre an hour.
No England batsmen had hit a six in the series, for all their growing
dominance. Pietersen was first to the mark, driving the hapless left-arm
spinner Xavier Doherty over long-off.
Ever since Andrew Strauss's dismissal, England have punched out substantial
stands: 173, 175, 101, and 99 so far. Never have Australia been allowed a
sniff of getting back into the game.
Cook completed his work by staying on the third morning for a further half an
hour, seeing off the second new ball and Pietersen into his immense stride. He
inside-edged a catch off Ryan Harris, easily the best of Australia's bowlers,
and was brilliantly caught by Brad Haddin.
Cook thus set the new benchmark of 1057 minutes for an England batsman without
being dismissed in a Test. The West Indian Shiv Chanderpaul has done four
1000-minute vigils but it is still one of those records worth having.
Another one for Cook was scoring 383 Test runs without being dismissed: his
unbeaten 235 in Brisbane added to his 148 here. That beat the aforementioned
Hammond who held the previous record of 365 runs.
Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell made ideal junior partners, even if Collingwood
is older in years. They did not try to match Pietersen for majesty but were
content to accumulate in his wake, often with fine strokeplay of their own.
You would never have guessed that it was Pietersen's first Test hundred since
March 2009 - except from his celebrations. He pushed a single to mid-off,
sprinted - oblivious to his cramp - and leapt in the air not once but twice
before brandishing his fist at the Barmy Army, gleefully not threateningly.
At lunch Pietersen had reached 158, his signature score, but he was hungry
enough - after no century for almost two years - to play himself in again and
press on.
At the afternoon drinks break he cadged half of a banana brought out to the
umpires. At tea he looked set to pummel the Australians, even the spirited
Harris, into complete submission.
We might have to wait only until tomorrow.
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