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Tour Match, Melbourne:
Victoria 216-2d & 278-6 v England 184-2d (day two of three)
Resumes: 0000 GMT
Coverage: Scorecard on the BBC Sport website, Ceefax and mobile phones with updates on BBC Radio 5 live and Twitter
Match scorecard
England ended day two of the tour fixture against Victoria with their seamers still having taken just one wicket between them in the match.
Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell guided England to 184 for two before declaring, and Victoria were 310 ahead on 278-6 by the close.
But there were few clues as to who should replace the injured Stuart Broad in England's attack for the third Test.
Seamers Chris Tremlett, Tim Bresnan and Ajmal Shahzad failed to take a wicket.
England resume their Ashes campaign against Australia in Perth on 16 December, and with a place up for grabs the tourists had been hoping to see their back-up pacemen star in Melbourne.
But it was the gentle medium pace of Paul Collingwood that accounted for Ryan Carters, Alex Keath and Matthew Wade, while spinner Monty Panesar weighed in with two wickets and even skipper Strauss enjoyed success with the ball as he trapped Michael Hill leg before wicket.
The second day had begun well for Strauss as England resumed their first innings on 50-1 and he quickly moved on to 66 before falling to slow left-armer Jon Holland.
Strauss's previous best from five first-innings efforts on the tour had been 14, contrasting with three hundreds in second innings.
Bell, playing at three, posted his fifth successive 50 and Collingwood managed a couple of sixes off Holland before the tourists decided over lunch it was time to give Tremlett, Bresnan and Shahzad another opportunity with the ball.
It proved tough going on an unresponsive pitch, however, and it was Panesar who ended an opening stand of 72 when Aaron Finch went up the wicket and looped the ball high to Bell at extra cover.
Shahzad and Bresnan began to test their opponents with reverse-swing but a series of lbw appeals went unanswered before Collingwood struck in his first over, bowling carter round his legs to break a second-wicket partnership of 75.
Another wicket followed in Collingwood's second over as Alastair Cook, who was back on the field after a stiff back saw him miss the afternoon session, dived to his left at short mid-off to catch a Matthew Wade drive.
John Hastings then fell to Panesar and Keath went four runs short of a maiden 50, gloving a pull behind off Collingwood, before Strauss brought himself and Middlesex team-mate Eoin Morgan on to bowl 'declaration' spin at each end.
Strauss made first-innings centurion Michael Hill his third career victim, but Clint McKay then helped himself to a career-best 58 not out and Jayde Herrick was unbeaten on 40 at the close.
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Victoria 216-2d & 278-6 v England 184-2d (day two of three)
Resumes: 0000 GMT
Coverage: Scorecard on the BBC Sport website, Ceefax and mobile phones with updates on BBC Radio 5 live and Twitter
Match scorecard
England ended day two of the tour fixture against Victoria with their seamers still having taken just one wicket between them in the match.
Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell guided England to 184 for two before declaring, and Victoria were 310 ahead on 278-6 by the close.
But there were few clues as to who should replace the injured Stuart Broad in England's attack for the third Test.
Seamers Chris Tremlett, Tim Bresnan and Ajmal Shahzad failed to take a wicket.
England resume their Ashes campaign against Australia in Perth on 16 December, and with a place up for grabs the tourists had been hoping to see their back-up pacemen star in Melbourne.
But it was the gentle medium pace of Paul Collingwood that accounted for Ryan Carters, Alex Keath and Matthew Wade, while spinner Monty Panesar weighed in with two wickets and even skipper Strauss enjoyed success with the ball as he trapped Michael Hill leg before wicket.
The second day had begun well for Strauss as England resumed their first innings on 50-1 and he quickly moved on to 66 before falling to slow left-armer Jon Holland.
Strauss's previous best from five first-innings efforts on the tour had been 14, contrasting with three hundreds in second innings.
Bell, playing at three, posted his fifth successive 50 and Collingwood managed a couple of sixes off Holland before the tourists decided over lunch it was time to give Tremlett, Bresnan and Shahzad another opportunity with the ball.
It proved tough going on an unresponsive pitch, however, and it was Panesar who ended an opening stand of 72 when Aaron Finch went up the wicket and looped the ball high to Bell at extra cover.
Shahzad and Bresnan began to test their opponents with reverse-swing but a series of lbw appeals went unanswered before Collingwood struck in his first over, bowling carter round his legs to break a second-wicket partnership of 75.
Another wicket followed in Collingwood's second over as Alastair Cook, who was back on the field after a stiff back saw him miss the afternoon session, dived to his left at short mid-off to catch a Matthew Wade drive.
John Hastings then fell to Panesar and Keath went four runs short of a maiden 50, gloving a pull behind off Collingwood, before Strauss brought himself and Middlesex team-mate Eoin Morgan on to bowl 'declaration' spin at each end.
Strauss made first-innings centurion Michael Hill his third career victim, but Clint McKay then helped himself to a career-best 58 not out and Jayde Herrick was unbeaten on 40 at the close.
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