Missed the first hour of the day, but saw the rest.
Thought Australia had the better of the first session because we gifted a few wickets to Johnson. Strauss played a poor shot to a short ball and Bopara misjudged a slower delivery, both could have been averted.
Second session, we did a bit of a rebuilding job with some steady cricket under KP and PC. There was some seriously poor captaincy by Ponting though, he just didn't attack at all and let the session drift with mediocre spin.
Third session, both teams came out with a bit more ambition. We played a few shots and they attacked a bit more. It started to swing a bit more and they got Collingwood. Pietersen just played a simply ridiclous shot to Hauritz. It was an embarrasing dismissal and there was a danger we would be out for under 300.
Prior and Flintoff played some good attacking cricket for an hour to take us past 300. Its a shame we lost them both before the close, which I think has tipped the day in Australia's favour. The first session tomorrow will be important, we need to get somewhere near to 400 to keep our noses in this contest.