Mike Hussey and Brad Haddin, together at the resumption, have produced some impressive stands thus far in the series - but were parted in the fourth over when a flat-footed flash outside off stump by Haddin gave James Anderson his first wicket of the match.

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By Thursday, it had spread tens of thousands of power outages from Georgia to Connecticut, triggered flash floods and forced water rescues in areas outside Washington.

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