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Australia, 1st innings:
Over 25 || Score 86/2
Another controversial decision in Ashes 2013. Swann’s ball went past Khawaja’s bat and was collected by Prior as the entire team went up and the umpire raised his finger. Khawaja immediately asked for a review and once again, the hot spot had no signs of an edge, but the final decision was out! Thus the DRS continues to baffle the Aussies. Michael Clarke comes to the crease.
UT Khawaja c Prior b Swann 1 (19b)
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Over 20 || Score 77/1
Australia got off to a good start as Chris Rogers played some magnificent shots to increase the run-rate before Shane Watson was dismissed by Tim Bresnan. And it wasn’t lbw this time as Watto edged a delivery straight to Cook at first slip.
SR Watson c Cook b Bresnan 19 (49b)
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Over 15 || Score 58/0
Tim Bresnan was introduced into the attack in the 11th over and his first over was a maiden. Off the sixth delivery of the next, Rogers scored his fifth boundary. Off the sixth of the next, Watson got an edge that went safely between gully and point. Off the next came two runs while the 15th over fetched them nine runs thanks to consecutive boundaries by Rogers off the first and second delivery.
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Over 10 || Score 39/0
Rogers scored his second boundary through midwicket region in the sixth over bowled by Broad. Eight runs came in that over including a boundary, a triple and a single. Australia managed to score at least one boundary in the each of the following three overs. Off the 10th came just two runs. This has been a good start by the visitors.
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Over 5 || Score 16/0
Shane Watson and Chris Rogers are in the middle for Australia. James Anderson has the new ball. Watson takes a single off the third delivery to begin the scoring. Rogers opens his account with a boundary off the fifth delivery. Stuart Broad will share the new ball with Jimmy. Watson scores his first boundary off the fourth delivery. Two runs came in the next over while the fourth was a maiden. Off the fifth came five runs – all from the bat of southpaw Rogers.
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TOSS: Australia have won the toss and elected to bat first.
Australia are pondering whether to recall controversial batsman David Warner for their must-win third Ashes Test against England at Old Trafford starting from Thursday.
Top-order batting has long been Australia`s Achilles heel and so it proved in a crushing 347-run second Test defeat at Lord`s, where the tourists were skittled out for just 128 in their first innings.
England lead the five-match series 2-0 and Australia need to win in Manchester if their hopes of regaining the Ashes are not to be extinguished -- a drawn series would see holders England retain the urn.
Australia, following a 4-0 series reverse in India earlier this year, have suffered six successive Tests defeats for the first time since 1984 -- they last lost seven in a row in the 19th Century.
Warner missed the first two Tests of the current series having been suspended in the run-up to the Ashes for punching England`s Joe Root in a Birmingham bar after Australia lost a Champions Trophy match to their arch-rivals last month.
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