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BELLIGERENT Stuart Broad's screaming send-off to George Bailey late Thursday highlighted England's satisfaction at wrenching the second Test back from Australia.
Broad's rant was matched by a crescendo from the Barmy Army and a celebration from its trumpeter Billy Cooper, signalling that England finished ahead on the opening day in Adelaide with Australia 5-273 at stumps.
While Broad clearly ignored the "it's important we play in the right way" plea from his captain Alastair Cook a day earlier, there was enormous jubilation after Bailey was well caught hooking by Graeme Swann at backward square leg for 53.
Australia's top scorer Chris Rogers (72) was unconcerned by the sledging.
"A lot has been said but I don't think either side is upset about it. It is pretty good," Rogers said.
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"I didn't see excessive sledging or anything like that. It is still very competitive between the two sides but you expect that."
Michael Clarke stares down Jimmy Anderson in the final session. Picture: Scott Barbour.
Fighting to come back from a 381-run demolition in Brisbane, England would be in a position of total domination if they could catch.
A middle order collapse of 3-19 could have been so much worse if Joe Root had taken a lunging catch at mid-wicket off Michael Clarke from Graeme Swann when the Australian captain was just 18.
And Michael Carberry dropped a sitter at backward point off Brad Haddin late in the day when the Australian wicket-keeper cut hard at the recalled Monty Panesar.
Clarke was unbeaten on a subdued 48 at stumps and Haddin seven.
Rogers was delighted to see the catches go down.
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"Particularly first innings runs, it could prove to be quite crucial so we still have to field well and catch them but those chances have helped us and to have Michael going out there tomorrow morning, that is massive for us," he said.
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"Anytime you drop him he is going to try and make you pay."
As Australia's only world class batsman Clarke is England's prize wicket and no more so than in Adelaide, where he averages over 100 with five centuries in eight Tests, including 230 against South Africa last season.
A brave Bailey counterattack saved Australia the embarrassment of yet another collective batting failure but it proved more cameo than killer blow.
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The Tasmanian captain smacked three sixes in his first half century and the third of the innings as Australia recovered from 4-174 at tea but no one pushed on for a hundred.
Playing just his second Test Bailey, 31, dominated an 83-run partnership with Clarke.
In Brisbane he hit two sixes during the first Test and yesterday Bailey twice lifted Panesar back over his head and beyond the boundary.
But it was the nonchalant swing over square leg off a short ball from Broad with the second new ball which brought the near-capacity crowd of almost 34,000 to full voice as Bailey notched 50.
It was also the reason that Broad gave Bailey such a gob full when he succumbed to the same shot a short time later.
And this when it appeared England had adopted a restrained attitude to sledging after the nasty scenes which marred the end of the first Test.
Even serial sledger Jimmy Anderson did no more than smile when he took a fine caught and bowled to dismiss Shane Watson for 51.
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