Clarke starts day two of the fourth Test at Headingley where he left off - punishing poor England bowling
And before long the in-form batsman of the series, Clarke, celebrates his fourth fifty of this Ashes campaign
Strauss is wondering where the next wicket will come from after his bowlers carry on in the same form as Friday, bowling short as Australia score 50 runs in the first half-hour's play
It is hard going for Anderson who is said to be suffering from a hamstring problem. His wayward bowling is a cause for concern too
Marcus North is able to fill his boots with runs too and reaches his second fifty of the series with a push to long-off
With lunch looming England finally get the breakthrough with Graham Onions trapping Clarke lbw for 93. Australia 306-5 at the interval, a lead of 204
It is just reward for Onions, who gives the ball plenty of chance to deviate and surprises Clarke with a low, inswinging full toss, umpire Asad Rauf with a fairly straightforward decision
England are given encouragement after lunch when Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin top edges an attempted hook at Steve Harmison and is easily caught at backward square-leg
But North moves emphatically on towards three figures by punishing more loose England bowling
Stuart Broad shows plenty of endeavour but is frequently hit to the boundary and finds the whole thing a little too much to bear
North reaches three figures in style with a massive six and savours the moment on another day of Australian dominance
More bad news for the home supporters
Australia number 10 Stuart Clark compounds the misery for England with a blistering 32 from 22 balls, wielding three massive sixes
But after one heave too many Clark is bowled by Broad as Australia lose their ninth wicket with 440 on the board
It has been a tough day for England in the field but one bowler can hold his head up high is Stuart Broad who finishes with 6-91, his best Test haul. Australia all out for 445 - a mere 343 lead
England start off brightly as they chase down 343 in an effort to make Australia bat again but with the score on 58 Strauss is out, plumb lbw to Hilfenhaus for 32
Bopara is out the very next ball, given out lbw by umpire Rauf. Bopara waves his bat to suggest there was an inside edge and television replays suggest he has a case but he's gone, England 58-2
Desperate for a rearguard action, Ian Bell comes to the crease - but the Warwickshire man can last only 12 balls before edging a Mitchell Johnson lifter to Ricky Ponting at second slip
And when Mitchell Johnson sets Paul Collingwood up for a full, swinging yorker late in the day, England are well and truly reeling on 74-4, still 269 runs behind the Australians
There is still time for another England wicket to fall before stumps, though, as Alastair Cook nicks Mitchell Johnson behind to fall for 30 and leave the hosts still 261 runs behind Australia's first-innings total
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