SYDNEY, Jan 7 - England were 174 for three in their second innings at tea on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes test at Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday, still nine runs behind Australia's first-innings tally of 567.

* Jacob Bethell was 79 not out at the second break alongside Harry Brook, who was unbeaten on 24.

* Scott Boland took the key wicket of Joe Root, trapping the first-innings centurion in front for six in a decision confirmed by DRS.