Australia begin day three of the first Test in a stronger position than England, 40 runs behind and five wickets in hand. Mike Hussey is 81 not out after some fine batting on Friday and is keen to get the score ticking along
In the third over of the day, Hussey is given out lbw by umpire Aleem Dar, but he successfully reviews the decision - the first of a number of frustrations for Anderson who bowls superbly for no reward early on
Haddin and Hussey somehow survive the first hour with the second new ball despite a series of close calls, and Australia nudge further towards England's first innings 260. It's a good morning for the home team's fans
After the hunderd partnership is raised, Anderson's luckless eight-over spell comes to an end, and Haddin cuts loose in what is now a 100-run stand, pushing Australia into the lead and raising his half-century
The next landmark comes when Hussey drives Stuart Broad to the cover-point boundary to raise his century
Hussey unleashes his emotions on reaching three figures, a brilliant knock coming against a backdrop of a stream of criticism over his indifferent recent form. England are still looking for a breakthrough...
It's hard for English heads not to drop in a bleak two-and-a-half hour session which ends up wicketless, with Hussey on 124 and Haddin 79 in a stand worth 186, Australia leading by 69
After lunch, the misery continues for England, and the runs keep coming for Australia, including a third Test century for Haddin brought up with a wonderful straight six off Graeme Swann
Haddin is dropped by Anderson on 113 by Anderson at wide mid-on off Broad to guffaws of laughter from the buoyant Australian fans, who are lapping up a perfect day
The partnership is worth 293 at tea, a record for any wicket in a Brisbane Test. The lead is 176, and the scoreboard reads 436-5. Any hope of an England victory appears to have been extinguished...
The duo put on 307 - the fifth best six-wicket partnership in Test cricket history - when their stand is broken when Paul Collingwood takes a superb catch at slip after Haddin lunges forward to Graeme Swann
Hussey departs five runs short of a double century when he perishes attempting a pull - the stroke he had played with such authority throughout his innings - top-edging a catch to Alastair Cook at deep square leg
Finn soon accounts for Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle for his first five-wicket Ashes haul, with the bonus dismissal of last-man Xavier Doherty as Australia are all out for 481, a 221-run lead over the tourists
The 21-year-old finishes with figures of 6-135, his third five-wicket haul in Test cricket, and his exploits are appreciated by the packed Gabba crowd
England's second innings begins in high drama as Andrew Strauss shoulders arms to a delivery which swings back into his pads from Ben Hilfenhaus, rapping the left-hander straight in front of the stumps
Umpire Aleem Dar turns down the appeal, prompting Ricky Ponting refer the decision - only to see Virtual Eye predicting the ball would have just evaded the top of the bails by a few millimetres
Strauss, alongside opening partner Alastair Cook, successfully negotiates 15 overs in the evening light, reaching the close of play at 19-0, 202 runs adrift of Australia with a huge task ahead on Sunday
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