Cook and Pietersen give England the upper hand
Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen batted out the whole session for 109 runs. There was only one real chance, when Jaques dropped Pieterson for 47. Tait bowled well despite picking up no wickets.
Kevin Pieterson hits a four off Shaun Tait
TEA DAY 1
England 3/198
BATTING
Trescothick C Birt B Tait 1
Strauss B Hilfenhaus 41
Cook NOT OUT 78
Collingwood B Tait 7
Pietersen NOT OUT 64
EXTRAS 7
Cook hooks it for 4
Bowling
BOWLING (overs-runs-wickets)
Tait 15 - 43 - 2
Hilfenhaus 10 - 54 - 1
Dorey 16 - 65 - 0
White 10 - 36 -0
Tait Bowls a fiery spell despite no wickets in the session
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