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Kevin Pietersen had the full range of strokes on show on day three. Source:Getty Images
KEVIN Pietersen and Ian Bell mounted an aggressive counterattack as England looked to fight back from what had seemed a hopeless position on the third day of the third Test at Old Trafford.
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Australia had tightened its stranglehold by seizing the vital wickets of Jonathan Trott and Jonathan Cook, as England went to lunch at 4-114.
But Pietersen (78 not out) and Bell (51 not out), took the attack to the Australian bowlers after lunch, and were particularly punishing on the spin of Nathan Lyon, as the put on a century stand for the fifth wicket and took the score to 4-211 at tea.
Pietersen smashed two sixes off one Lyon over, and Bell followed with another in the next, with the England batsmen clearly eager to dent the spinner's confidence in what should be increasingly suitable conditions. Lyon had 0-58 from 19 overs.
Shane Watson might have had Pietersen out when he struck him on the pads, and asked captain Michael Clarke to review the not out decision. Clarke declined, but replays showed the ball would have hit leg stump.
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Although Australia still enjoyed a strong advantage, Pietersen and the in-form Bell, who has scored two centuries in this series, presented a substantial danger to Australia's hopes of keeping the series alive as they rapidly increased the run rate.
After their much improved first innings of 7-527 declared, Australians had given them a wonderful chance of a rare victory. A dramatic turnaround for a team pilloried, quite rightly, after losing its past six Test matches.
Both in the way they batted, and the manner the Australian bowlers broke the usually stubborn resistance of the England top order, the tourists seemed a team transformed.
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While Peter Siddle had led the way on the second day with two wickets, fellow pacemen Ryan Harris and Mitchell Starc did the damage early on day three.
With England resuming on 2-52, Trott had ambled to 5 from 32 balls, and looked set for a typically long stay. But Harris found the edge with a lifting ball and Michael Clarke completed the dismissal with a neat catch at second slip.
Cook then looked set to build a big stand with Pietersen, as the pair put on 46. But the England captain's 234 minute stay ended when he popped up a short ball from Starc and was brilliantly caught by wicketkeeper Brad Haddin for 62.
That effort was symbolic of the Australian's improvement here, given the veteran gloveman had been harshly criticised for some missed chances at Lord's.
The brown pitch was slowly crumbling, but still providing some bounce. For Lyon, that means conditions were likely to become even more inviting than they had been for England's Graeme Swann, who took his 17th five wicket haul - 5-157.
The weather, as much as England's resistance, could prove troublesome for Australia with rain forecast for the last two days.
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