See how play finished up as the Three Lions show some fight at the WACA.
England are far from out of the woods, but their lower-order did show some fight against Australia late on day four of the third Test of the series.
Needing a miracle just to save Ashes and draw the Test. Ben Stokes showed why he is considered an all-rounder of the future, scoring a valuable 72 not out.
However, the key wickets of Joe Root, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell fell for England as Australia remains in the driver’s seat to win back the Ashes.
Scoreboard at the close on the fourth day of the third Ashes Test between Australia and England at the WACA Ground in Perth on Monday:
Australia 1st innings 385 (Steve Smith 111; Stuart Broad 3-100)
England 1st innings 251 (Alastair Cook 72; Peter Siddle 3-36)
Australia 2nd innings
Chris Rogers c Carberry b Bresnan 54
David Warner c Stokes b Swann 112
Shane Watson run out (Bresnan) 103
Michael Clarke b Stokes 23
Steve Smith c sub (Bairstow) b Stokes 15
George Bailey not out 39
Brad Haddin c Swann b Bresnan 5
Mitchell Johnson not out 0
Extras (b8, lb5, w5) 18
Total (6 wickets declared; 87 overs) 369
Fall of wickets: 1-157 (Rogers), 2-183 (Warner), 3-223 (Clarke), 4-301 (Smith), 5-331 (Watson), 6-340 (Haddin).
Bowling: Anderson 19-5-105-0 (5w), Bresnan 14-3-53-2, Stokes 18-1-82-2, Swann 27-8-92-1, Root 9-1-24-0.
England 2nd innings
Alastair Cook b Harris 0
Michael Carberry lbw Watson 31
Joe Root c Haddin b Johnson 19
Kevin Pietersen c Harris b Lyon 45
Ian Bell c Haddin b Siddle 60
Ben Stokes not out 72
Matt Prior not out 7
Extras (b1, lb11, w5) 17
Total (5 wickets, 67 overs) 251
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Cook), 2-62 (Carberry), 3-76 (Root), 4-121 (Pietersen), 5-220 (Bell).
Bowling: Harris 10-1-51-1, Johnson 15-3-52-1 (5w), Lyon 15-2-49-1, Siddle 18-6-56-1, Watson 9-1-31-1.
Toss: Australia
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA), Billy Bowden (NZL)
TV umpire: Tony Hill (NZL)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
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