The away side’s grasp on the Ashes all but gone after disastrous session.
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Australia has taken a huge leap towards earning the Ashes back again, after its bowlers did the job asked of them on day three.
England had an outside chance of climbing back into contention in the third Test, but instead they lost 67-6, as Australia earned a lead of 134 runs at lunch.
Scoreboard at lunch 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
Totals (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.
Toss: Australia
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA), Billy Bowden (NZL)
TV umpire: Tony Hill (NZL)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
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