Aussies 168-7 England lead by 23
11am England 142 for 3 – Johnson starts his first over of the morning – two amazing and violent deliveries to remove Bairstow and Stokes and it is 142 for 5 – “Here we go again” but Root and Butler put on another 40 something runs before they both go – Root for a good 63 before heaving at one from Starc and Butler for a careful but scratchy 9 – Ali 59 and Broad 31 tho put on 87 to heave the score up to a respectable 280ish – Moeen playing his luck as normal – Broad playing circumspectly - good to see that he has some confidence back – and you cannot ask more of a man than he is voluntarily running to the end where he has to face Johnson – a lead of 145.
Rogers and Warner are fairly comfortable at the crease with Anderson swinging the ball both ways – Broad tho removes Rogers 6 but Warner is playing beautifully and scoring relatively freely. Finn tho replaces Broad and takes out Smith 8 and Clarke 3 in consecutive balls followed not long afterwards by Voges - Marsh 6 gets one from Finn that takes out his stumps before Anderson finally gets Warner 77 who has looked untroubled by everything going on around him – Finn gets his five-for by removing Johnson – Nevill and Starc hold out for the close with the Aussies 23 ahead. A wicked days test cricket made all the better because England are on top.
A brilliant return by Finn - bowling a good line and with pace when he wants to - when he is on song he is a step above all the other first change bowlers England have - highlights tho Englands selection policy - only in the team by virtue of Wood being injured/undercooked
The downside is Andersons injury

– If he is out for the remainder of the series it could affect the overall result.
Three wickets left to take this morning and hopefully not too many runs to knock off – It is not a done deal tho – despite the 5-0 drubbings the Aussies have not really paid England back for Headingly ‘81
