Ian Bell continued his
impressive form as he struck his third consecutive Ashes century but
leggie Steve Smith pulled back things in favour of Australia with his
three quick strikes in the last hour on the first day of the second Test
at the Lord`s on Thursday.Australia, who were struck hard by reports of rift between Michael Clarke and Shane Watson, put up an unified show and made England suffer in the first and the last hour. In the middle session, Bell (109) did the scoring while Jonathan Trott (58) and Jonathan Bairtsow (67) also contributed half-centuries to the home side`s cause.
