Clarke steers Australia to safety

Dec 04, 2006

87.5 Flintoff to Clarke, FOUR, fantastic shot from Clarke, rocking back into his crease, watching the ball like a hawk and timing it, perfectly, for four•Getty Images

114.1 Giles to Clarke, 1 run, and that's nudged through midwicket to bring up his fifty - a good one, too, and this partnership is building•Getty Images

119.4 Pietersen to Warne, 3 byes, what a cracker from Pietersen! A touch of away-drift from Pietersen before turning back into Warne who came forward, tentatively, the ball missing his outside edge by millimetres. What a contest this is•Getty Images

159.2 Hoggard to Clark, OUT, and he's got him! Terrific ball, swinging in - quick too - to take out Clark's leg stump, picking up his seventh wicket•Getty Images

110.5 Giles to Gilchrist, no run, short, Gilchrist leans into that and absolutely larrups that into the helmet of Cook at short leg, and he goes down like a man hit by a Tyson (Mike, not Frank) uppercut. Cooks doesn't beat the ten count but he's up and he pulls his sunglasses off and has a sharp intake of breath as the physio runs down the steps on to the pitch, clutching a bag•Getty Images

114.4 Giles to Gilchrist, OUT, and here he goes again, he's smashed this hard, but it's miscued and it's flying down to the man at deep midwicket - and Bell clings on! Adrenaline got the better of Gilchrist there, just as he was looking all set to stamp on England•Getty Images

143.4 Anderson to Clarke, 1 run, slightly short outside off stump, Clarke pushes it into the covers and sets off like a panther with a yell of "yes, yes, yes". That's the third Test hundred for Clarke, well applauded, and it came up off 183 balls in 264 minutes and it's standing ovations all round•Getty Images

Matthew Hoggard rightly leads the team off, receiving generous applause by all and sundry. The second best figures (7 for 109) by an England bowler at Adelaide - very, very fine effort on a placid, dead pitch.•Getty Images

123.5 Pietersen to Clarke, 1 run, clunked down to long-on Big chat here! It's all going off in the middle. Collingwood, Cook and Jones are laying into Warne. It's all friendly, lots of smiles, but it's great viewing. And listening•Getty Images

153.5 Hoggard to Warne, OUT, on with the arm, Warne caught half forward and a loud and confident appeal answered eventually by Steve Bucknor ... Warne clearly unhappy with that as he slowly turns and walks off•Getty Images

10.6 Clark to Cook, OUT, and he's gone this time. It was a good delivery, slanting across him, tempting him to play and play he did, edging straight to Gilchrist who took a good two-handed catch at his ankles. Nothing more than a decent line-and-length delivery and that's his fourth wicket this match•Getty Images