However, Bopara struck a glorious straight drive to the boundary as 65 came from final five overs to ensure there were more than enough runs in the bank.
Ponting, by contrast, was immediately into his stride, getting off the mark with a lofted straight drive to the boundary and soon launching Vettori back over his head into the stands.
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Bravo reached fifty with a stylish straight drive off Siddle and collected another boundary next ball courtesy of an exquisite drive through extra-cover.
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After the onslaught from Tamim it was inevitable that runs would not flow as freely, but the 200 still arrived in reasonable time in the 49th over and Madmudullah completed an assured fourth Test fifty in only his seventh match with an elegant drive to the cover boundary off Swann.
Majid Haq struck the opening boundary with an elegant square drive in the ninth over, with Watson cutting to the fence in the next during an encouraging spell for the Scots.
But, in the same over, he went for another big drive and was caught inside the long on boundary by Buttler for 58 off 38 balls - and that prompted a collapse of five wickets for just nine runs as the Essex chase ended abruptly.
Cook hooked Taylor for a sumptuous boundary and drove him for another, before Strauss's cover-drive off Edwards finished off proceedings.
It did not trouble the two batsmen at all that 21 overs passed without a boundary, then Collingwood cut Hauritz twice in an over for fours, before Pietersen used his feet to drive Michael Clarke wide of mid-off for four more.
On 87, he cut the first ball of a Bresnan over for four, drove the next past mid-off for another boundary, worked a couple off the next ball, and still had time in the same over to drive the Yorkshire bowler over mid-on to reach a century that was warmly applauded.
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