Updated at 2.15 pm
ADELAIDE: Australia trailed England by 239 runs with five first-innings wickets in hand at the close on the third day of the second Ashes Test at Adelaide Oval on Sunday.
Australia were 312 for five in reply to England's 551-6 declared, with Michael Clarke unbeaten on 30 and Adam Gilchrist not out 13.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting earlier made 142 to register his 33rd Test hundred, moving clear of Steve Waugh as Australia's most prolific century maker.
He shared a fourth-wicket partnership of 192 with Mike Hussey, who was bowled by Matthew Hoggard for 91 half an hour before the close of play.
Hoggard also claimed Ponting's wicket after tea as well as Matthew Hayden (12) and Damien Martyn (11) before lunch to finish with figures of four 76.
Scoreboard
England first innings 551-6
Australia first innings (overnight 28-1)
J Langer c Pietersen b Flintoff 4
M Hayden c Jones b Hoggard 12
R Ponting c Jones b Hoggard 142
D Martyn c Bell b Hoggard 11
M Hussey b Hoggard 91
M Clarke not out 30
A Gilchrist not out 13
Extras (lb-2 nb-7) 9
Total (for five wickets, 97 overs) 312
Fall: 1-8 2-35 3-65 4-257 5-286
To bat: B Lee, S Warne, G McGrath
Bowling: Hoggard 27-2-76-4, Flintoff 22-4-74-1 (nb-5), Harmison 13-4-46-0 (nb-2), Anderson 14-2-49-0, Giles 16-2-45-0, Pietersen 5-0-20-0
