Australian team has been looking in great trouble as they need 71 runs more to avoid follow-on with just two wickets in the hands on the close of the second day of the second test match of the Ashes series against England at the Lords on Friday.

England restricted Australian batsmen to 156/8 after they returned to pavilion for 425 runs on the board in the morning session.

M Hussey was top scorer for the Australian team who scored 51 runs, while S Katich contributed 48 runs with the bat.

J Anderson took four wickets, while S Broad showed the way to pavilion to two Australian batsmen.

England yesterday resumed from their overnight score of 364/6, and the overnight unbeaten centurion Andrew Strauss (161) returned to pavilion in the very first over of the day without adding even a single run to his individual total.