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| Pietersen and England find form | Pietersen and England find form |
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| Kevin Pietersen capped England's best day in Australia so far with a fine innings against New South Wales. | Kevin Pietersen capped England's best day in Australia so far with a fine innings against New South Wales. |
| Pietersen (80no), Andrew Strauss (50), Alastair Cook (59), and Andrew Flintoff (48no) all shone on day two in Sydney. | Pietersen (80no), Andrew Strauss (50), Alastair Cook (59), and Andrew Flintoff (48no) all shone on day two in Sydney. |
| Earlier, Steve Harmison claimed 3-95 as the hosts declared on 355-9 after rain allowed only 4.1 overs before lunch. | Earlier, Steve Harmison claimed 3-95 as the hosts declared on 355-9 after rain allowed only 4.1 overs before lunch. |
| Marcus Trescothick and Ian Bell failed but the tourists closed on 256-4, showing encouraging signs ahead of the first Test in Brisbane on 23 November. | Marcus Trescothick and Ian Bell failed but the tourists closed on 256-4, showing encouraging signs ahead of the first Test in Brisbane on 23 November. |
| Interview: England batsman Kevin Pietersen | |
| Their prospects for that game were already starting to look bleak after a Prime Minister's XI thrashed them on Friday and New South Wales racked up 325-5 on day one. | Their prospects for that game were already starting to look bleak after a Prime Minister's XI thrashed them on Friday and New South Wales racked up 325-5 on day one. |
| The boys did fantastically against possibly four of the bowlers we could face in the Ashes Marcus Trescothick England day two reaction | The boys did fantastically against possibly four of the bowlers we could face in the Ashes Marcus Trescothick England day two reaction |
| But Harmison, who had been expensive, led the fightback by trapping Moises Henriques lbw with an inswinger in his second over. | But Harmison, who had been expensive, led the fightback by trapping Moises Henriques lbw with an inswinger in his second over. |
| After the extended break, Daniel Smith (45) was dropped by a diving Strauss at second slip off Matthew Hoggard before edging Harmison behind. | After the extended break, Daniel Smith (45) was dropped by a diving Strauss at second slip off Matthew Hoggard before edging Harmison behind. |
| Hoggard did take a wicket when Nathan Hauritz spooned the ball to Ashley Giles at short mid-wicket and James Anderson (2-45) struck with his first ball, Nathan Bracken edging a wild drive to Trescothick. | Hoggard did take a wicket when Nathan Hauritz spooned the ball to Ashley Giles at short mid-wicket and James Anderson (2-45) struck with his first ball, Nathan Bracken edging a wild drive to Trescothick. |
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| Trescothick has brought his poor form from the summer Down Under and, after making only two in the defeat in Canberra, he played on to Brett Lee for eight. | Trescothick has brought his poor form from the summer Down Under and, after making only two in the defeat in Canberra, he played on to Brett Lee for eight. |
| Fellow left-hander Strauss was hit in the chest by a Lee delivery but recovered to produce a succession of crisp drives and cuts off the speedster and Glenn McGrath. | Fellow left-hander Strauss was hit in the chest by a Lee delivery but recovered to produce a succession of crisp drives and cuts off the speedster and Glenn McGrath. |
| Harmison got the breakthrough England wanted early on in Sydney | Harmison got the breakthrough England wanted early on in Sydney |
| He was dropped by Clark in the gully off Bracken on 32 but, after hitting eight boundaries in a 57-ball knock, saw Clark make amends by holding a brilliant one-handed catch off his own bowling. | He was dropped by Clark in the gully off Bracken on 32 but, after hitting eight boundaries in a 57-ball knock, saw Clark make amends by holding a brilliant one-handed catch off his own bowling. |
| Bell edged his second ball off Clark behind to leave the tourists in danger of undoing their good work. | Bell edged his second ball off Clark behind to leave the tourists in danger of undoing their good work. |
| Cook almost played on twice early in his innings, but the runs gradually began to flow. | Cook almost played on twice early in his innings, but the runs gradually began to flow. |
| Pietersen got lucky when he top-edged a hook shot off Lee into space at backward square leg, but he then smashed Henriques for six over the mid-wicket boundary. | Pietersen got lucky when he top-edged a hook shot off Lee into space at backward square leg, but he then smashed Henriques for six over the mid-wicket boundary. |
| Pietersen continued to torment the young all-rounder, hitting three fours off the 37th over, but then McGrath broke the fourth-wicket stand, bowling around the wicket to trap left-hander Cook lbw. | Pietersen continued to torment the young all-rounder, hitting three fours off the 37th over, but then McGrath broke the fourth-wicket stand, bowling around the wicket to trap left-hander Cook lbw. |
| Pietersen brought up his 50 by lofting McGrath over mid-on for four, before Flintoff got in on the act, hitting spinner Beau Casson for three boundaries in quick succession. | Pietersen brought up his 50 by lofting McGrath over mid-on for four, before Flintoff got in on the act, hitting spinner Beau Casson for three boundaries in quick succession. |