For John Hollioake there was just one moment of ecstasy at Trent Bridge on the day his countrymen made virtually certain that the Ashes will be staying in Australia.

At the stroke of 5 p.m. he saw his younger son, Ben, take his first wicket in Test cricket: Greg Blewett edging behind. For the next 20 minutes he watched in hope as Ben was joined by elder brother and fellow debutant Adam in the attack - bowling to the Waugh twins Mark and Steve.

But in their first meeting, it was the Waughs who saw off the Hollioakes and at the end of the crucial fifth Cornhill Test's opening day Australia were close to batting England out of the game on 302 for three.

After Mark Taylor had called correctly for a remarkable fifth time in this series, Atherton knew he was likely to be the captain leaving the Ashes casino with his pockets empty.

The Aussies need only to draw at Trent Bridge to go to The Oval for the final Test in possession of the coveted urn.

And by lunch their prospects appeared even brighter as England had used all six of their bowlers and Australia were 84 without loss.

Matthew Elliott, on five, jammed a ball from the luckless Headley down into the pitch and England's fielders watched in despair as it bounced up over the top of middle stump. And the Kent paceman could clearly not believe umpire Cyril Mitchley's decision, when Taylor was on 18, to turn down what looked to be a justifiable lbw shout.

When Mitchley did answer Headley's plea, ruling that Elliott on 69 had inside-edged to Alec Stewart, television replays indicated that the bowler may have this time been the fortunate one.

Caddick, too, bowled with skill and determination in batsman-friendly conditions and the Somerset seamer produced probably the best ball of the day to end Taylor's innings on 76.

Blewett's 50 contained some memorable, trademark, cover drives and by the end of the day Mark Waugh had become the next Aussie top-order player to complete 50.