▁day ▁two , ▁it ▁ru ined ▁day ▁three . ▁En ough ▁play ▁was ▁had ▁to ▁get ▁through ▁ 3 0 - odd ▁o vers , ▁but ▁the ▁inter ru ptions ▁were ▁regular , ▁and ▁prevent ed ▁both ▁the ▁Australian ▁bow lers ▁and ▁the ▁England ▁b ats men ▁from ▁developing ▁any ▁sort ▁of ▁momentum . ▁John ▁Steph enson ▁contributed ▁ 2 5 ▁on ▁debut , ▁and ▁captain ▁David ▁G ower ▁ended ▁the ▁day ▁on ▁ 4 3 ▁not ▁out , ▁England ▁yet ▁again ▁in ▁di abol ical ▁trouble ▁at ▁ 1 2 4 ▁for ▁ 6 . ▁ ▁Day ▁Four ▁ ▁Day ▁four ▁began ▁with ▁more ▁rain ▁clouds ▁lo oming , ▁but ▁holding ▁off ▁for ▁the ▁time ▁being . ▁G ower ▁managed ▁to ▁push ▁on ▁from ▁his ▁over night ▁ 4 3 ▁to ▁reach ▁ 7 6 , ▁and ▁ 2 7 ▁from ▁D erek ▁Pr ing le , ▁ 3 1 ▁to ▁Nick ▁Cook , ▁and ▁a ▁well ▁made ▁ 5 9 ▁to ▁number ▁ 9 ▁Glad stone ▁Small ▁got ▁England ▁to ▁ 2 8 5 , ▁and ▁avoid ▁the ▁follow - on . ▁Terry ▁Ald erman ▁had ▁taken ▁his ▁sixth ▁ 5 ▁w icket ▁ha ul ▁with ▁figures ▁of ▁ 5 ▁for ▁ 6 6 . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁short ▁rain ▁inter ruption ▁Australia ▁began ▁their ▁second ▁inn ings , ▁and ▁in ▁a ▁rare ▁failure ▁for ▁the ▁series , ▁Marsh ▁was ▁tra pped ▁L B W ▁by ▁I gg les den ▁for ▁ 4 . ▁It ▁was ▁business ▁as ▁usual ▁for ▁Taylor