Cricket: Rogers hits ton as Australia extend lead
beyond 400
Opener Chris Rogers scored his second century of
the series as Australia tightened their grip on the
final Ashes Test and closed in on a 5-0 series
whitewash over England in Sydney on Sunday.
The 36-year-old left-hander cut part-time
offspinner Kevin Pietersen to the boundary rope
for his third Test century -- all of them against
England.
Australia went to lunch at 248 for seven -- an
overall lead of 419 with eight sessions left to
play.
Rogers, who scored 116 in the second innings of
the fourth Test in Melbourne, was unbeaten on
114 off 163 balls at the interval with 14 fours
while Ryan Harris was on one.
Rogers shared in a fifth-wicket partnership of 109
with George Bailey, who was dismissed shortly
after first-hour drinks when he top-edged Stuart
Broad to Scott Borthwick at deep square leg for
46.
Brad Haddin became the highest-scoring
Australian wicketkeeper in a Test series with his
breezy 28 off 40 balls.
Haddin, the nemesis of the English bowlers in this
series with his lower middle-order batting,
finished the series with 493 runs at 61.62 to
better the previous best held by Adam Gilchrist
against South Africa in 2001-02.
Haddin was bowled as he swung at young leg-
spinner Borthwick and Mitchell Johnson lasted
three balls before he was bowled by Ben Stokes
for 4.
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