A captain’s innings from England’s Andrew Strauss guided England through most of today’s second Ashes test, but a good spell for the Australian bowlers in the last session after tea threatened to ruin the promising position that England had put themselves in.
Strauss ended 161 not out at close of play, his 18th test century for England came just before tea, with England going into the break at 255 for 2. When Pietersen went shortly after tea for just 32 the alarm bells started ringing.
Collingwood soon followed for a paltry 16, Prior For 8 and then our hero Andrew Flintoff for 4! In that final session before close the Australian bowlers took four wickets for 109 runs and the day ended with England hanging on at 364 for 6.
Andrew Strauss gave his view of the game to the BBC:
“There’s more in this wicket than at Cardiff, but it was pretty good to bat on. From 196-1 we’d like to be in a better place than we are now. As captain you always want to lead from the front, so it was nice to get a big score today – hopefully I can carry on tomorrow. It’s just a little frustrating we couldn’t get another big partnership today.”
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