England's final Ashes warm-up gets off to a bad start with Steve Harmison feeling stiffness in his side With the Ashes less than a week away, the decision is taken to rest fast bowler Harmison against South Australia Things are better on the field as Matthew Hoggard makes inroads for England with three early wickets Harmison's replacement Sajid Mahmood concedes just 10 runs off his first four overs as England take control But captain Darren Lehmann comes in at 25-4 to steady the ship for South Australia with a battling half-century South Australia's Cameron Borgas backed up his skipper with a solid half-century Monty Panesar, who looks set to play in next week's first Ashes Test, talks tactics with captain Andrew Flintoff England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones celebrates as Lehmann is dramatically run out just one run short of his century England captain Andrew Flintoff removes Shane Deitz for 24 to finish with figures of 1-34 from 12 overs Andrew Strauss is dismissed for a second-ball duck by Shaun Tait as England reach 24-1 at the close in reply to 247-7 dec
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