Anderson claims 5 wickets for England

England had a good day in their warm-up match yesterday for next week's Ashes opener in Cardiff, with the likely Test team bowling Warwickshire out for 102 and then scoring 185-2, Ravi Bopara hitting 88 not out.

James Anderson was the best bowler with 5-34, but Andrew Flintoff took two top order wickets in a spell of nine overs that gave away just 16 runs, and spinner Monty Panesar finished off the tail with 3-10.

Meanwhile at Worcester, where the Australians were taking on England Lions, the tourists' bowling attack struggled as openers Joe Denly and Stephen Moore scored 172 before five wickets for Brett Lee. The Lions ended on 302-6, just 56 runs behind Australia.

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
Mike Selvey, the Guardian: "Great fast bowlers have the capacity to turn a game on its head and in the course of the decade since first he burst on to the Test match scene against India, Brett Lee indeed has proved a great fast bowler. In fact, a great very fast bowler, with 310 wickets, the fourth highest by any Australian. Few finer spectacles can exist in cricket than that of Lee, striding urgently in to the cathedral backdrop, lifting his team. Thus, in a scintillating spell from the New Road end, Lee claimed all five Lions wickets to fall until Marcus North hijacked another as the day closed, his skilful use of reverse swing a warning to England at their Edgbaston practice that no matter the situation, nothing should be taken for granted."

Derek Pringle, Daily Telegraph: "The feeling this could be Anderson's time is gaining momentum. There is no grander stage upon which to announce yourself to the nation than an Ashes series, and at 26 Anderson appears to have matured at the right time. The shy Burnley teenager who was on the fringes of the Ashes squad in Australia in 2002/03 is now a Test class opening bowler with the wisdom to match the talent. But Anderson is aware he has plenty to prove this summer. He has played three Ashes Tests and his average, 82.6, requires major cosmetic surgery. His figures, five for 34 from 13 overs, suggest a remedy is looming. He sent down the best ball of the day, a delivery that seamed away to knock over Tim Ambrose's off stump, and was the major reason why the Warwickshire innings was over within 46 overs."

Mike Atherton, the Times: "This was supposed to be the occasion for Bell to press his claims for the Ashes, but Moore stole his thunder. He has not had a particularly productive first-class season, but his form picked up during the Twenty20 Cup and the selectors clearly have seen something they like. At 28 and five years older than Denly, though, possibly the Kent man is the better bet for international honours. Moore fell hooking Lee into Brad Haddin's gloves, a good running catch by the wicketkeeper making up for a spill earlier in the day off Stuart Clark. Vikram Solanki, always vulnerable to the full swinging ball with his high backlift, was bowled and Eoin Morgan was undone by a full, late inswinging yorker to complete Lee's five-for - his first, remarkably, in England."