Clarke and North survive the penultimate session with few scares, guiding Australia to safety at 291/4 at Tea on day five.
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Onions and Swann pick up a wicket apiece to leave Australia still 25 runs behind England on 88/2 at the end of day four in Birmingham.
A half-century from Andrew Strauss leaves England 147 runs behind Australia at the close on day Two on 116/2.