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Fourth Ashes Test: Australia 98, 169-6 v England 513 (stumps, day three)
Venue: Melbourne Dates: 26-30 December Start time: 2330 GMT each day
Coverage: Live on Test Match Special on BBC 5 live sports extra, Radio 4 LW & online; TMS highlights online (UK only) and day's review on the TMS podcast; live text on BBC Sport website; live on Sky Sports 1; highlights on ITV4
Match scorecard
England moved closer to retaining the Ashes for the first time in 24 years following another dominant display at the Melbourne Test on day three.
England added 69 to their overnight total as they were dismissed for 513, with Jonathan Trott unbeaten on 168.
Australia had been progressing steadily at 99-1 when Tim Bresnan ripped through the middle order with three wickets in five runs in the final session.
Australia ended the day at 169-6, still 246 runs adrift of the tourists.
That deficit is purely mathematical with only three lower-order wickets remaining - Ryan Harris is unlikely to bat after sustaining a stress fracture of his left ankle bowling in the morning session - and with England's bowlers rampant.
A superb disciplined display from England's bowlers was characterised by sustained periods of pressure as they starved Australia's beleaguered top order of run-scoring opportunities.
At the forefront of the middle-order demolition was Bresnan's superb second spell of 3-17 from seven eventful overs, dismissing Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey in quick succession.
Bresnan was ably assisted by the unfortunate and frugal Chris Tremlett and the ever consistent James Anderson, who once again exemplified why he is the best swing bowler in the world.
And Graeme Swann's canny ability to collect wickets at crucial stages left Australia staring down the barrel of yet another humiliating innings defeat on home soil.
More to follow.
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Venue: Melbourne Dates: 26-30 December Start time: 2330 GMT each day
Coverage: Live on Test Match Special on BBC 5 live sports extra, Radio 4 LW & online; TMS highlights online (UK only) and day's review on the TMS podcast; live text on BBC Sport website; live on Sky Sports 1; highlights on ITV4
Match scorecard
England moved closer to retaining the Ashes for the first time in 24 years following another dominant display at the Melbourne Test on day three.
England added 69 to their overnight total as they were dismissed for 513, with Jonathan Trott unbeaten on 168.
Australia had been progressing steadily at 99-1 when Tim Bresnan ripped through the middle order with three wickets in five runs in the final session.
Australia ended the day at 169-6, still 246 runs adrift of the tourists.
That deficit is purely mathematical with only three lower-order wickets remaining - Ryan Harris is unlikely to bat after sustaining a stress fracture of his left ankle bowling in the morning session - and with England's bowlers rampant.
A superb disciplined display from England's bowlers was characterised by sustained periods of pressure as they starved Australia's beleaguered top order of run-scoring opportunities.
At the forefront of the middle-order demolition was Bresnan's superb second spell of 3-17 from seven eventful overs, dismissing Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey in quick succession.
Bresnan was ably assisted by the unfortunate and frugal Chris Tremlett and the ever consistent James Anderson, who once again exemplified why he is the best swing bowler in the world.
And Graeme Swann's canny ability to collect wickets at crucial stages left Australia staring down the barrel of yet another humiliating innings defeat on home soil.
More to follow.
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