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LONDON: Bad light and rain forced the players off field as the Australian batsmen accepted the bad light offered by the umpires and play ended soon after it.After tea, England put in an inspiring performance and got themselves into a strong position. Australia were left struggling at 156/8 still 69 runs short of avoiding the follow on at the close of play.James Anderson was the star performer for England, grabbing four wickets at an economy rate of 2.11. He was well supported by Flintoff, Broad and Onions.The teams went for tea with Australia at 87/2 and Hussey and Katich putting in a watchful batting performance to ensure Australia did not lose any further wickets after the quick dismissal of Hughes and Ponting.However, immediately after tea, England took hold of the match by taking regular wickets and Australia collapsed from 87/2 to 156/8.Katich was removed by Onions with Broad taking a catch off an attempted pull shot. Hussey was bowled by Flintoff as he tried to leave a ball that came back a bit to hit the stumps. It was a similar dismissal to Strauss off Hilfenhaus.The wicket of Hussey triggered the collapse of the Australians with Clarke struggling for form and getting out to Anderson. He was followed by North, the centurion at Cardiff, who was bowled by Anderson for a duck.Haddin tried his best to prevent the collapse by scoring 28 runs before Broad got him caught by Cook at midwicket.Hauritz and Siddle were at three runs each before accepting the bad light offered by the umpires.England bowled extremely well and put themselves into a very strong position and the day fully belonged to England.