Matthew Hoggard took four wickets on day three of the second Ashes Test to keep England hopes high despite Ricky Ponting's record ton for Australia.

Giles drop

Ponting ton

Hoggard strikes

By Ben Dirs

Close of play

1831: Hoggard bowls the final over of the day and squares Gilchrist up with his first delivery from round the wicket. Gilchrist pushes into the covers for one. Clarke picks up two with a drive through backward point and a single to mid-wicket. And that's that for the day. Australia 40 away from avoiding the follow-on, but England toiled manfully, especially the old warhorse Hoggard, who finished with 4-76. Until tonight, I bid you farewell. 312-5

1825: Gilchrist times Flintoff through the covers for three, Giles plodding after it like a man three times his age. Flintoff gives Clarke a bumper and it hits the track like a petanque ball thudding into some sand. 308-5

1821: Clarke walks across his stumps and times Hoggard through wide long-on for four, all run. Hoggy looks pretty weary now, I think Harmison might get one or two overs before stumps. 305-5

1817: Gilchrist has a ring of fielders around him on the off-side - three slips and a couple of men on the drive. Gilchrist cracks Flintoff to the point boundary before pushing into the covers for two to bring up Australia's 300. 301-5

1812: Strange day's cricket - some spirit-sapping fare from Punter, Hussey and Gilo book-ended by some wily, dogged bowling by Hoggard. Clarke glances very fine but Jones, diving to his left, is unable to reach it. Very difficult chance. 295-5

1808: Flintoff has told Harmison to have a break - Gilchrist was the England skipper's bunny in the last Ashes series. Gilchrist's career average is 48.33, but it has been 25.84 including and since that Ashes series. Gilchrist nudges one into the off-side to escape his bogeyman. 290-5

1800: WICKET: Australia 286-5 (Hussey 91)
Clarke fishes at one and is beaten by Hoggard. Hoggard then rips another out, Hussey trying to withdraw his bat but only succeeding in toe-ending the ball onto his stumps. What a day for Hoggard, who turns into Edward Munch's Scream in celebration. Gilchrist off the mark with a clip off his legs.

1756: Harmison is on for his 14th over of the day and he gets some lift immediately. Marvellous shot by Hussey, driving Harmison on the up through the covers for four. Good over though by Harmy, he looks a different bowler. 285-4

1752: Hussey moves to 86 with a straight drive for three. Good work from Freddie saving four. 281-4

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1747: I need a few uplifting hymns to get me through the last 10 overs of the day. I'm dredging up Guide Me Oh Thou Great Redeemer from the memory bank, that was always a good one when the chips were down. Clarke gets up on tippie-toes and cracks Flintoff through the covers for four. Class shot. 276-4

1743: Clarke clips Hoggard off his legs for a single. Hussey gets one off his hips, Hoggard just straying off line. Harmison has gone missing in action again, looks like he's got a niggle. Shame, he bowled pretty well this morning. 272-2

1738: Clarke turns Flintoff away for a single and Hussey gets a single square into the off-side. 270-4

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1733: Clarke leans into one and the ball races to the extra-cover boundary. 268-4

1728: Hussey, a model of discretion so far today, wafts drunkenly at a wide one before flicking Flintoff away for one. Clarke gets off the mark with a clip to the square-leg boundary. 263-4

1722: WICKET: Australia 257-3 (Ponting 142)
New cherry taken and Hoggard grabs it. Ponting sways across his stumps and flicks Hoggard away for one. Hussey grabs a single before Hogster gets his man, Ponting playing a tired-looking waft and Jones taking it safely behind the stumps. Ding dong, the witch is dead...

1714: Ponting and Hussey still milking Gilo, who should change his name to Daisy. Big shout for lbw against Hussey, umpire Bucknor having none of it. The ball struck him well outside the off-peg and it smacked of desperation. The last time someone in my family swung so violently from elation to despair in the space of one day was when my nan thought she'd won the Sun bingo back in 1986 only to be told that evening she'd done no such thing. It's not pleasant seeing an 80-year-old woman with blue hair lose her rag like that, not pleasant at all. 253-3

1709: Full-bunger from KP and Punter pushes him into the covers for one. New ball due, not sure why Freddie hasn't taken it. Hussey squeezes Pietersen into the leg-side. Ponting leans back and carves KP through the covers for four. Punter, the George Bush lookalike, is finding it all so easy out there. The only way of getting him out might be to serve up some WMDs, if Flintoff can find any. Bit of politics ladies and gentlemen...good grief I'm bored... 248-3

1707: Hussey skips down the pitch and gets on top of Gilo's delivery. For some reason, Gilo exhales sharply, as if he had the batsman in a proper pickle - he didn't. 243-3

"They've got to do something about this Kookaburra ball because on pitches like this, this is going to kill the game. Seam bowlers are cannon fodder on this."
Geoffrey Boycott on TMS

1658: I'm beginning to understand how the Aussie fans felt on day one, this really is attritional. I feel, and probably look, like Jack Nicholson in The Shining after a few weeks writing 'redrum' over and over again on his typewriter. Just one from the over and it's drinks. 242-3

1654: Ponting shuffles forward to KP, opens the face and picks up two to third man. 241-3

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1652: Hussey sweeps Giles away for one and Ponting plays a delicate nurdle to leg for a single. Flintoff is clearly saving himself, Harmison and Hoggard for the new ball, which is due in four overs. 238-3

"I would have gone for Panesar. You've got to have specialists, and Panesar's shown he's a much better bowler than Giles and can get good batsman out. You're picking Giles because he's a better fielder and can get a few runs at eight, but that's a nonsense. They say Giles gives you control, but the sort of control I like is someone getting people out."
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1648: KP turning it more than Giles, and the only man who can be surprised by that is Duncan Fletcher. Hussey pushes one to point and scampers a single. 235-3

1646: Anderson plonks one in short and again Ponting yanks him away for four. Punter is seeing it like a planet. Harmison hasn't had a go for a while, I say get him back on, he bowled well earlier on. 232-3

1640: KP is into the attack and Ponting saunters down the pitch and larrups him through mid-off for four. Punter nudges round the corner for one and Hussey is very nearly run-out, Anderson slinging in a good throw, Jones dragging the ball down well, but the batsman just making his ground. Could have gone either way that. 228-3

1634: Anderson drops short and Ponting pulls him for four before getting another couple with a flick into the leg-side. 221-3

1629: Giles tosses one up and Hussey slaps him through the covers for four. I might save the previous sentence and just copy and paste when necesary, which could be often. 213-3

1626: My morning ecstacy has gone now, to be replaced by a faint whiff of depression and lashings of frustration. Maiden over by Anderson, who's getting up around 90mph with some deliveries. 207-3

1623: I don't mean to sound mean, but there is something very dispiriting about watching Giles bowl. Freddie's still grinning though, which is a good sign. Two from the over, a single each for Punter and Hussey. 207-3

1619: Hussey brings up the Australian 200 with a dreamy cover-drive off Anderson for four and follows up with a cut for a single. Ponting pushes into the off-side for one and England's morning chirpiness is ebbing away - the Aussies have slipped the leash... 205-3

1615: Ponting prods Giles into the covers for one and a wide one from Giles is cut away for a few by Hussey. The Aussie batsmen in total command now... 199-3

1612: Hussey drives at Anderson and Pietersen makes a good stop in the covers. Anderson almost gets through Hussey's defences a couple of times but is then sliced away for four. 195-3

1608: Hussey whips Giles away for a single before Ponting makes room and nicks the stike with a carve to point. 191-3

1559: Players are out after tea and, in case anyone missed it, Mark Ramprakash has made the last four of Strictly Come Dancing. Back in the real world, Ponting has just passed Steve Waugh's total of 32 Test tons. Hussey reaches 50 with a clip off his legs for one. 188-3

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1540: Punter and Hussey are milking Gilo's bowling as if the Warwickshire twirler is a faithful old cow. Three from the over and it's tea time. My early euphoria has pretty much gone now, every run Punter scores is likely a little dagger to the heart. 185-3

"If this turns out to be a high-scoring draw and Giles doesn't have an effect, then they'll have to be looking at Panesar in Perth. He doesn't look the full article here. Yes, Giles is a good number eight batsman, but he's not England's best spinner..."
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1536: Punter moves to 99 with a flick down to fine-leg for two and moves to his 10th century in his last 13 Tests with a push into the covers. That's his 33rd overall and his seventh against England. Hussey makes Harmison work with a drive through wide long-on for three. 182-3

1532: Giles bowling flatter now from round the wicket - perhaps he's got a hotline to Geoffrey Boycott in the TMS commentary box? Ponting nicks the strike with a nudge into the on-side. 176-3

1528: Ponting tucks Freddie round the corner for one. He needs just four to reach his 10th ton in his last 13 Tests. If there was a 'nugget-off' between Collingwood and Hussey, who would win? Hussey looks set now... 175-3

"People are saying that Giles is getting more loop on this tour, but for me it's lollipop bowling, it's just easy to hit. He shouldn't listen to the pundits telling him to toss it up, he should just bowl it."
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1522: Hussey sweeps Gilo round the corner for one before Ponting turns him round the corner for a single. Gilo goes round the wicket for the final couple of deliveries. 174-3

1519: Maiden over from Flintoff, but the ball is coming off the pitch like a haggis. That miss by Gilo off Ponting is really starting to sting now... 171-3

1514: Four from Gilo's over, who at the moment looks like an ewok trying to battle a couple of stormtroopers with a twig. 171-3

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1511: Ponting brings up the 100 partnership with a flick off his legs for three. Punter looking pretty ominous as he closes in on yet another ton, and Hussey's not looking too shabby either. 167-3

1506: Ponting skips down the pitch lofts Gilo to the wide long-on boundary. Punter rocks back and carves Gilo away for another single. It's quite possible that Harmison is getting more spin at the moment. 164-3

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1503: Ponting drives and gets an inside edge which dribbles away for one. Hoggard has a ring of fielders from first slip to mid-off for Hussey. Hussey plays a false cut, but there's no wood on it. 159-3

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1458: Hussey dances down the pitch to Gilo but doesn't time his drive. He follows up with a false sweep and it's a maiden over. 158-3

1455: It's Hoggard on for Flintoff and England really could do with another one now. Punter flips Hogster away for a couple before playing an expansive cut, which is well saved by Bell in the gully. Meat and drink for Hussey, turning Hoggard off his legs for a couple. 158-3

1449: Ponting waits on one and slaps Gilo into the off-side for one. He's now on 78. Decent enough over from Gilo, but hardly threatening. 152-3

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1443: Flintoff tries a slower ball and Ponting glances it for a couple. Lovely hands, and all of a sudden the Australian skipper looks like he's batting with a garage door. Hussey's not looking too bad either, lacing a drive through the covers for four to bring up the 150. Players take drinks. 151-3

1438: The King of Spain is wheeled into the attack and Punter strokes him through cover-point for four. Ponting skips down the pitch and drives Gilo into the covers for one. Hussey lunges, the ball loops off his pad to short leg and England have a cheeky appeal. Umpire Koertzen doesn't move a muscle. 144-3

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1433: Freddie Flintoff back on and he could do with another rabbit from his hat here. Ponting sways across his stumps and flicks Freddie away for one. Just seen a couple of Barmy Army soldiers sparked out on the mound. Crackers: "Tell you what chaps, let's spend the Christmas Club money on a flight to Oz, tickets for the second Test and then kip all day..." Hussey swings Flintoff away for three to deep mid-wicket and Punter gets another with a nudge into the on-side. 139-3

1429: A rare loose ball from Hoggard, straying on to Hussey's pads, and the former Northants and Durham captain clips him away for four. Harmison attempts to stop it, but ends up looking like a thin man in a belly-flop contest. 134-3

1424: Punter moves to 67 with a yank down to third man for one. Hussey, other than that one six, isn't playing Harmison well at all. Harmy strangles an lbw appeal, but it pitched outside leg-stick, before Hussey edges one just in front of Strauss at second slip. Hussey does get three with a push straight down the ground. 130-3

1420: Hoggard back into the attack. Come on Hoggy, let's have a couple more. Jones standing up to the stumps. Ponting nurdles another single before Hussey unleashes a savage drive and Collingwood makes a fine save in the covers. 126-3

1416: Hussey almost nibbles at one from Harmison and it's another maiden from the Durham paceman. 125-3

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"Harmison has got to be thinking, 'what would Courtney Walsh do, what would Curtly Ambrose do?' I suspect they'd be banging away on a length and making it attritional."
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1412: Ponting whips Anderson away for one. Flintoff saves a firm drive from Hussey in the covers but Anderson gives Hussey three meat and drink runs of his legs. 125-3

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1408: Harmison bounds in, all arms and legs, like an Indian deity running for a bus. Ponting yanks him round the corner for one. Harmy tries to bump Hussey and the left-hander cracks him over the mid-wicket fence for six. 121-3

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1404: Sweet cover-drive by Punter for two. Anderson drops short, but Ponting mis-times a back-foot drive. Punter does get another run with a steer through the off-side. 114-3

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1400: News reaches me that some clown in the Aussie press has suggested that if England lose here, the future of the Ashes is in doubt. How queer. Hussey tries to pull Harmison and miscues badly. Harmison strays on to Hussey's pads and is tucked away for a couple. The Aussies are really grinding now. 111-3

1357: Ponting reaches for one and gets a thick inside edge. Still not convincing - but he's still hanging around. Just the one from the over. 109-3

1352: Harmison bang on the money at the moment, nagging away like a toddler in a sweet shop. Ponting does get one with a flick to mid-wicket. 108-3

1349: A hint of reverse swing from Anderson as Hussey and Ponting nurdle one run apiece before Ponting carves one through the covers for another single. 107-3

1344: Harmison has first bowl after the lunch interval and beats the lunging Hussey with a beauty that just moves away off the seam. Harmy then goes up for a rather unconvincing lbw appeal, but it pitched just outside leg-stump. Maiden from Harmison, who looks reborn. Interesting to note that Frank Tyson was flogged for 1-160 in the first Ashes Test in 1954/55 before going raving mad in the next two, taking 10 scalps in Sydney and nine in Melbourne. 105-3

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1300: Fifty for Ponting, pulling a short one from Anderson for four, and Australia's ton also comes up. He follows up with a dreamy cover-drive for another boundary. Not the most convincing fifty from Punter, but easily one of the most important he'll ever play. It's lunch folks and it's been a crackerjack first session on day three - but it could have been even better... 105-3

1257: A no-ball from Flintoff before Ponting is almost run out, taking a risky single to mid-wicket and Collingwood missing with the shy. The Aussie skipper would have been out by three feet, but the Aussies get a couple of overthrows. 97-3

"It's good to see Flintoff construct an over, not necessarily try to take a wicket every ball, before attempting to deliver the coup de grace." Mike Selvey on TMS

1253: Anderson goes up for a very confident lbw against Ponting, but umpire Koertzen says it was missing leg-stump. Correct decision. Punter clips Anderson into the on-side for one and Hussey flicks him round the corner for a single. Calling all Australian sports journalists: who's boring now?... 92-3

1248: Ponting 45 now. However, he's looked about as fluent as an English tourist trying to order some tapas on the Costa del Sol. Maiden over from Flintoff. 90-3

1244: Hussey gets a scampered one into the covers before Ponting turns Anderson round the corner for two. Punter's got something in his eye and holds up play for a moment, chatting away to Hussey in the middle of the track. Ponting is almost cleaned up by Anderson's final delivery, getting one to nip back and just shave the stumps. The Aussies really are hanging on for dear life at the moment. 90-3

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1239: Punter plays into the on-side and KP fields and shies at the stumps. England are unrecognisable from Brisbane, bristling with the ball as well as in the field. Maiden over from Freddie. 87-3

1235: Anderson is wheeled into the attack and almost strikes with his first delivery, Ponting skewing a drive just short of Bell in the gully. Can England root one more batsman out before lunch? Punter gets one for a steer through the covers. Good first over from Anderson, who took a shellacking in Brisbane. 87-3

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"Harmison will at least be delighted his action looks compact and he's not spraying it around. All he needs now are a couple of wickets to get his confidence."
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1230: Flintoff back into the attack and he beats Hussey's outside edge. The England bowlers are making Australia's effort look even more limp now. 86-3

1226: Just one from Hoggard's over, Ponting pushing him into the covers. 85-3

"Hoggard has shown himself to be a bit of a Fred Trueman this morning, in that he's got his off-cutters working as well as some swing."
Christopher Martin-Jenkins on TMS

1222: Hussey pushes Harmison into the covers for a single and Ponting gets two with a drive into the off-side. 84-3

"I don't know Hoggard at all, but he looks like the sort of guy who, if a mate had a problem, he'd try to sort it out."
Former Australia skipper Ian Chappell

1215: It's very early to say it, but Gilo might have just dropped the Ashes. Ponting cracks Hoggard to deep square-leg and Giles, arms above his head, shells it. An absolute choker for England, although it wasn't a bona fide dolly. Hoggard has bowled eight overs this morning and has 2-15. 81-3

1210: Harmison strays on to the left-handed Hussey's legs and is whipped away for three. Hussey is a limpet - England might need a water cannon to get rid of him. Ponting then almost ducks into what he thinks is a beamer from Harmison - but it only went through at knee height. The Aussie skipper cowers on his knees for a moment, eyes wide open, as if someone has just woken him by banging a blown-up paper bag in his ear. Ponting pulls Harmison away for one before Hussey tickles one down to long-leg for four. 78-3

1207: New batsman Hussey is squared-up first ball and almost feathers one behind next up. I wouldn't say Hoggard is on fire, he's not that type of bloke, but he's certainly smouldering. 67-3

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1200: WICKET: Australia 65-3 (Martyn 11)
Martyn eases Hoggard through the covers for a couple, but is out next ball, skewing a drive to Bell at gully. Tremendous bowling by Hoggard, who set him up with the previous delivery, and a smart catch by Belly. A start that has exceeded most England fans' expectations, and this could be the greatest comeback since Cliff Lazarenko recovered from 4-0 down to beat Bob Anderson at the News of the World Championship in 1989.

1158: Thick outside edge from Martyn and he gets three for it, silver gulls scattering down at third man. Harmy up to 92mph and Jones takes it over his shoulder - encouraging. Harmison strays down leg-side and Punter drags it round the corner for four. Harmison hits back well, tempting Ponting into a drive and the Aussie skipper almost playing on. 63-2

1154: Hoggard ploughs on, bowling a disciplined line and length. Martyn turns him off his pads for a single and keeps the strike. 56-2

"I don't think we are going to get a result - it would be a fantastic effort on this pitch. If England have Australia seven down by stumps, that will have been a good day."
Geoffrey Boycott on TMS

1149: Good save by Cook at mid-wicket to prevent a Martyn run - England are scrapping well in the field. Martyn is frustrated twice, mis-timing drives straight to the fielder at cover. Another maiden from Harmison. 54-2

1145: You lucky Punter! The Aussie skipper top-edges a pull off Hoggard, but it lands in no man's land at mid-wicket. Two for it, but Ponting certainly looks edgy. 54-2

1143: Harmison looking rhythmical and watching the replays, he appears to have his arm more perpendicular than in Brisbane. England bowling coach Kevin Shine has obviously had the hood up and been tinkering furiously over the past week. 52-2

1138: Jones standing up to Hoggard, which tells you everything you need to know about the pace of this pitch. Punter nurdles one into the on-side and grabs a couple. 52-2

1133: It's Harmison time - and his first ball is on the stumps, but Ponting whips him away for a single. Martyn then plays a risky cut from a Harmison lifter - not in control of that and England have got two men in for that shot. Martyn plays the first aggressive shot of the day, latching on to a short one from Harmison and sending it crashing into the mid-wicket fence. Martyn then drives airily and gets a thick outside edge that dribbles to backward point. Harmison hovering around 90mph - ladies and gents, I do believe Harmy might be back.

1129: Hoggard is getting a bit of banana on the ball early on and teasing new man Martyn outside his off-stick. Maiden over from Hoggard, right on the money. 45-2

1125: Martyn is the new batter. Ponting walks across his stumps and flicks Flintoff away to mid-wicket for four - effective, if slightly dicey. Two more from Punter, whipping Freddie to wide long-on, and he gets another with a flick to square-leg. Martyn opens his account with an uppish clip for one to long-leg. 45-2

1147: WICKET: Australia 35-2 (Hayden 12)
Hayden gone! Hoggard gets one to swing away slightly, the big man goes after it and Jones snaffles the catch diving to his left. Hayden looks to be caught between two stools at the moment and is certainly not playing his natural game. England won't care about that.

1148: There are a couple of drive men in for Ponting, but he gets one for a flick off his pads.

1142: Freddie's extracting a bit of lift from the pitch. Ponting shoulders arms and, despite an lbw appeal from behind the stumps, the batsman got a huge stride in. One from the over. 34-1

1138: Ponting probes at Hoggard's first ball and is beaten. A hint of swing from Hogster? Let's hope so. Ponting gets three with a punch through mid-off. Bit Keystone Cops - through Hoggard's legs and Anderson, running round from mid-on, almost decks the spidery Harmison at mid-off. 33-1

"The Barmy Army are a little quiet this evening. I suspect they had a late night and will start revving up after lunch."
Jonathan Agnew on TMS

1100: Punter Ponting plays forward to Flintoff's first ball, a no-ball, and squeezes a thick inside edge out to leg - one run. Hayden stonewalls the remainder of the over. 30-1

1058: I feel England need to root out at least one Aussie batsman before lunch to have a chance of winning this Test match. Players are out and Captain Freddie will have first go with the ball.

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