5th Test: Australia set 448 for England

Australia were 276 all out in their second innings, a lead of 447, after lunch on the third day of the fifth and final Ashes Test against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.

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Opener Chris Rogers scored his second century of the series as Australia tightened their grip match and closed in on a 5-0 series whitewash.

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.

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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