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Summary
England were 311 for six wickets, a lead of 521 runs, at the close on the third day of the second Ashes test against Australia at Lord's on Saturday. The Australian team were all out for 215 runs in their first innings with Hussey the only player scoring a decent knock of 51 runs. James Anderson finished with outstanding figures of 4-55.Earlier, Strauss sought to turn the screws on the Australians by again sending them back into the field, despite them falling 10 runs shy of the follow-on target. Onions snuffed out the final wickets of Hauritz and Siddle on a morning in which Australia's tail gave a better account of itself than the top-order. The England team now look strong enough to hold on to this lead of 311 runs and extend it further.
