▁pair ▁batt ed ▁through ▁the ▁morning ▁taking ▁Australia ▁past ▁ 6 0 0 . ▁Border ▁un self ish ly ▁stuck ▁to ▁his ▁declaration ▁target ▁of ▁ 6 0 0 , ▁even ▁though ▁it ▁left ▁his ▁ 3 5 ▁sh y ▁of ▁a ▁century ▁on ▁ 6 5 , ▁and ▁declared ▁Australia ' s ▁inn ings ▁closed ▁shortly ▁before ▁l unch ▁on ▁ 6 0 2 ▁for ▁ 6 , ▁the ▁second ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁Australia ▁had ▁passed ▁ 6 0 0 . ▁ ▁England ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁face ▁an ▁awk ward ▁period ▁before ▁l unch , ▁and ▁d uly ▁obliged ▁the ▁tour ists ▁by ▁succ umb ing ▁to ▁the ▁pressure . ▁Mart yn ▁M ox on ▁fell ▁to ▁a ▁third ▁ball ▁du ck ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁over , ▁caught ▁by ▁W augh ▁at ▁point ▁slash ing ▁at ▁an ▁out - sw inger ▁from ▁Terry ▁Ald erman . ▁Deb ut ant ▁Mike ▁A ther ton ▁went ▁two ▁balls ▁later , ▁foo led ▁by ▁Ald erman ' s ▁now ▁tra dem ark ▁in - swing ing ▁y ork er ▁which ▁tra pped ▁him ▁in ▁front ▁to ▁be ▁out ▁L B W . ▁England ▁ended ▁the ▁first ▁over ▁ 2 ▁for ▁ 1 . ▁Tim ▁Curt is ▁f ared ▁little ▁better , ▁out ▁a ▁few ▁o vers ▁later ▁for ▁ 2 , ▁also ▁out ▁L B W ▁to ▁Ald erman . ▁Robin ▁Smith ▁and ▁David ▁G ower ▁went ▁some way ▁to ▁stabil ising ▁the ▁England ▁inn ings , ▁but ▁when ▁captain ▁G ower ▁was ▁tempt