Scoreboard does not make kind reading for England in day four of the second Ashes Test.
England were 247 for 6 at close of play on Sunday, chasing an unlikely 531 runs to win the second Ashes Test against Australia in Adelaide.
Matt Prior was not out 31 with Stuart Broad on 22 heading into Monday’s final day.
Victory would give Australia a 2-0 lead in the five-game series.
Scoreboard at the close on the fourth day of the second Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday:
Australia 1st innings 570 for 9 declared (M. Clarke 148, B. Haddin 118; S. Broad 3-98)
England 1st innings 172 (I. Bell 72 not out, M. Carberry 60; M. Johnson 7-40)
Australia 2nd innings (overnight 132 for 3):
Chris Rogers c Prior b Anderson 2
David Warner not out 83
Shane Watson c Carberry b Anderson 0
Michael Clarke b Panesar 22
Steve Smith not out 23
Extras (b1, lb1) 2
Total (3 wkts declared; 39 overs) 132
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Rogers), 2-4 (Watson), 3-65 (Clarke)
Bowling: Anderson 7-1-19-2, Broad 6-0-19-0, Swann 9-3-31-0, Stokes 7-3-20-0, Panesar 10-0-41-1
England 2nd innings:
Alastair Cook c Harris b Johnson 1
Michael Carberry c Lyon b Siddle 14
Joe Root c Haddin b Lyon 87
Kevin Pietersen b Siddle 53
Ian Bell c Johnson b Smith 6
Ben Stokes c Clarke b Harris 28
Matt Prior not out 31
Stuart Broad not out 22
Extras (lb1, w3, nb1) 5
Total (6 wkts; 90 overs) 247
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Cook), 2-20 (Carberry), 3-131 (Pietersen), 4-143 (Bell), 5-171 (Root), 6-210 (Stokes)
Bowling: Harris 17-3-45-1 (1nb, 2w), Johnson 21-8-53-1 (1w), Siddle 13-4-21-2, Lyon 26-7-78-1, Watson 6-3-6-0, Smith 7-0-43-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA), Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)
TV umpire: Tony Hill (NZL)
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