Aussies reject cheating claims

AUSTRALIAN stand-in captain Michael Clarke yesterday insisted his side had no case to answer regarding cheating accusations which marred the third day of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.

Alastair Cook’s 189 took his series tally to 766 — Wally Hammond is the only Englishman to have made more in an Ashes campaign — and Bell’s 115 is his first century against Australia.

Their innings put England in control of the final Test at the SCG, on 488 for seven for a lead of 208 with two days to go in a match they need only draw to win the Ashes outright down under for the first time in 24 years.