adminAustralia’s bid to level the Ashes intensified as they dismissed England and then increased their lead to 362 after three days of the second Test.
England resumed 481 adrift at 85-4 and Ben Stokes extended his stand with Alastair Cook to 145 before edging onto his stumps for 87 shortly before lunch.
Cook fell in similar fashion four short of his 28th Test hundred and England were all out for 312, a deficit of 254.
Australia chose not to enforce the follow-on and calmly advanced to 108-0.
Opener David Warner took 71 balls to make his 16th Test fifty and reached 60, while first-innings centurion Chris Rogers was on 44.
England lead the five-match series 1-0 after winning the opening Test at Cardiff last weekend by 169 runs. — AFP
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