LONDON, Sept 8 - Scoreboard at lunch on first day
of the fifth and final Ashes test between England and Australia
at The Oval on Thursday.
England won the toss and elected to bat
England
M.Trescothick c Hayden b Warne 43
A.Strauss not out 42
M.Vaughan c Clarke b Warne 11
I.Bell lbw b Warne 0
K.Pietersen not out 10
Extras (b-4, lb-1, nb-4) 9
Total (for three wickets, 27 overs) 115
Fall of wickets: 1-82 2-102 3-104
Still to bat: Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Geraint
Jones, Ashley Giles, Matthew Hoggard, Steve Harmison.
Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
McGrath 11 2 29 0
Lee 4 1 21 0 (nb-1)
Tait 5 0 33 0 (nb-2)
Warne 7 1 27 3
Australia: Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting
(captain), Damien Martyn, Michael Clarke, Simon Katich, Adam
Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath, Shaun Tait.