Australia win the toss and put England in - which pays off when Marcus Trescothick is caught off Brett Lee for a duck Michael Vaughan comes to the crease as David Shepherd checks the wicket - he is umpiring his last international England survive two dropped catches as the Aussies take their eye off the ball - but Vaughan is then run out for 15 Michael Kasprowicz strikes twice in five overs - both Andrew Strauss (36) and Andrew Flintoff (5) edge to Adam Gilchrist Jason Gillespie makes up for an earlier mistake - the wickets of Paul Collingwood and Geraint Jones leave England on 93-6 England's slump forces Michael Vaughan to replace bowler Simon Jones with supersub batsman Vikram Solanki Kevin Pietersen plays himself into Test contention - he and Solanki put on 93 before Pietersen is bowled by Gillespie for 74 Fine bowling restricts England to 228-7 and Australia get off to a flier reaching 91 before Matthew Hayden is caught behind England bowler Darren Gough makes the breakthrough but his side face an an uphill struggle against the rampant Aussies Adam Gilchrist is in awesome form smashing England's bowlers to all parts of the ground - he makes a ton off 81 balls England take heart as Ricky Ponting is stumped by Geraint Jones off Ashley Giles - but Harmison struggles Gilchrist is in top form as he bats out the innings with 121 and leads Australia to an ominous eight-wicket victory
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