Check out the state of play as the home team continues to dominate.
Australia’s vice-like grip on the third Test match, and most likely the Ashes, tightened even further against England in the afternoon session at the WACA.
David Warner (81) and Chris Rogers (42) made the pitch that gave up six England wickets in the first session look like a placid road, as they took their side’s second innings total to 123-0, an overall lead of 257 runs.
Scoreboard at tea on the third day of the third Ashes Test between Australia and England at the WACA Ground in Perth on Sunday:
Australia 1st innings 385 (Steve Smith 111; Stuart Broad 3-100)
England 1st innings
Alastair Cook c Warner b Lyon 72
Michael Carberry b Harris 43
Joe Root c Haddin b Watson 4
Kevin Pietersen c Johnson b Siddle 19
Ian Bell lbw Harris 15
Ben Stokes c Haddin b Johnson 18
Matt Prior c Haddin b Siddle 8
Tim Bresnan c Haddin b Harris 21
Stuart Broad lbw Johnson 5
Graeme Swann not out 19
Jimmy Anderson c Bailey b Siddle 2
Extras (b11, lb7, w5, nb2) 25
Total (all out; 88 overs) 251
Fall of wickets: 1-85 (Carberry), 2-90 (Root), 3-136 (Cook), 4-146 (Pietersen), 5-190 (Bell), 6-198 (Stokes), 7-207 (Prior), 8-229 (Broad), 9-233 (Bresnan), 10-251 (Anderson).
Bowling: Harris 22-10-48-3 (1nb), Johnson 22-7-62-2 (1nb), Watson 12-3-48-1, Siddle 16-5-36-3 (5w), Lyon 16-6-39-1.
Australia 2nd innings
Chris Rogers not out 42
David Warner not out 81
Extras 0
Total (for 0 wickets, 34 overs) 123
Bowling: Anderson 8-2-29-0, Bresnan 6-0-33-0, Stokes 6-0-29-0, Swann 13-5-31-0, Root 1-0-1-0.
Toss: Australia
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA), Billy Bowden (NZL)
TV umpire: Tony Hill (NZL)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
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