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Ryan Harris celebrates the dismissal of Joe Root, thanks to a peach of a delivery. Source:AFP
PACEMAN Ryan Harris took three early wickets to put Australia in a good position at tea on the third day of the fourth Ashes Test at Chester-le-Street.
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Harris bowled Joe Root before lunch for two; then had both England captain Alastair Cook (22) and the tenacious Jonathan Trott (23) caught behind as England collapsed to 3-49.
But Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell, both unbeaten on 37, had gone some way to pulling England out of the mire. They combined in an unbroken 74 run stand to take England to 3-123, despite some tight Australian bowling. That gave England an overall lead of 91.
The 33 year-old Harris bowled with his customary aggression, knocking over Root's off-stump with an inswinger to get the early breakthrough Australia needed, after they had squandered the chance to build a more substantial first innings lead.
The out of form Cook had looked set for a long stay before he flashed at a wide ball and gave Brad Haddin an easy catch. Trott then gloved a ball down the legside, with Haddin making an athletic take.
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Harris's early wickets were vital as Australia looked to restrict the second innings target in conditions that, with the ball swinging under heavy skies, were still difficult for batting.
Harris had also led the way with the bat, scoring an aggressive 28, as the Australian lower order and tail was unable to provide much resistance in the morning session.
Resuming at 5-222, Australia was dismissed for 270, a first innings lead of just 32. That meant Australia had failed to capitalise fully on Chris Rogers' hard fought maiden Test century, and the veteran opener's innings savings day two partnership of 129 with Shane Watson.
Swann, who again looms as a major danger to the Australian batsmen on yet brown wicket, had helped limit the damage for England. The off-spinner dismissed both the overnight batsmen Rogers and Brad Haddin, before James Anderson and Stuart Broad knocked over the tail with the new ball.
Haddin added only one run to his total before being trapped LBW by Swann for 13. Rogers followed soon after for 110, the victim of a smart catch by wicketkeeper Matt Prior - and the DRS system, which, after an England review, showed a small Hot Spot on his glove.
Peter Siddle and Nathan Lyon both fell to James Anderson, while Harris, who had hit three consecutive boundaries from Stuart Broad, became the English seamers fifth victim when he was trapped LBW.
Broad finished with 5-71, fair reward for the brilliant spell of swing bowling that had helped reduce Australia to 4-76 on day two. Under overcast skies, Broad had been a time virtually unplayable as he collected the top order wickets of David Warner, Usman Khawaja and Michael Clarke.
Rogers, 35, became the second oldest Australian batsman to record his debut century, behind Arthur Richardson who was 37 and 351 days when he scored his first century against England at Leeds in 1926.
That was an emotional moment for player whose sole Test, before this series, was more than five years ago, and who admitted he believed he would not play at the top level again.
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