2nd Test: England 90/1 at lunch on Day 2

ADELAIDE:
Australia struck
early to take the
prize wicket of
England captain
Andrew Strauss but Alastair
Cook and Jonathan Trott eased
the tourists to 90-1 at lunch on
the second day of the second
Ashes Test on Saturday.
Scorecard
Cook (35) and Trott (39)
enjoyed a record unbeaten
stand of 329 in the first Ashes
Test and again looked a
formidable partnership as they
chased Australia's first innings
total of 245 on a blistering hot
day at the Adelaide Oval.
Recalled fast bowler Doug
Bollinger gave the hosts a
dream start by clean bowling
Strauss for one run on his third
Ashes delivery, delighting much
of the packed house basking in
the morning sun.
The wholehearted Bollinger,
steaming into the England
batsmen with protective white
war paint daubed on his face,
almost had a second scalp when
Trott, on 10, sliced a drive to
gully but Mike Hussey failed to
hold a low catch.
Trott had already survived a
earlier scare after a mix-up with
Cook when he was on nine, but
Xavier Doherty missed the
wicket when a direct hit would
have comfortably run the
batsman out.
England's stunning start to the
test on Friday, when they
reduced the Australians to 2-3
in the first three overs, was fired
by Trott's accurate throw to run
out Simon Katich.
Australia dropped Mitchell
Johnson and overhauled their
fast bowling unit for the second
test after Cook (235 not out)
and Trott (135 not out)
hammered them at the Gabba.
Local quick Ryan Harris is also
making his Ashes debut in place
of Ben Hilfenhaus, while Peter
Siddle retained his spot on the
back of six wickets and a hat-
trick in England's first innings.
All three struggled to get any
movement on Saturday morning
after Bollinger's early
breakthrough with the Adelaide
track again looking like a
batting-friendly surface.
England are hoping to retain the
Ashes a earn a first series
triumph in Australia in 24 years.

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