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England were 290 for seven wickets in their second innings at tea on the third day of the fifth Ashes test against Australia at the Oval on Saturday.

Score: England 332 (I. Bell 72, A. Strauss 55) & 290-7 (Strauss 75, J.Trott 83 not out; M.North 4-98) v Australia 160 (S. Katich 50, S. Broad 5-37)

Scoreboard at tea on the third day of the fifth Ashes test between England and Australia at the Oval, London on Saturday.

England first innings 332 (A.Strauss 55, I.Bell 72)

Australia first innings

S. Watson lbw b Broad 34

S. Katich c Cook b Swann 50

R. Ponting b Broad 8

M. Hussey lbw b Broad 0

M. Clarke c Trott b Broad 3

M. North lbw b Swann 8

B. Haddin b Broad 1

M. Johnson c Prior b Swann 11

P. Siddle not out 26

S. Clark c Cook b Swann 6

B. Hilfenhaus b Flintoff 6

Extras: (lb-5, nb-1, b-1) 7

Total: (all out; 52.5 overs) 160

Fall of wickets: 1-73 2-85 3-89 4-93 5-108 6-109 7-111 8-131 9-143 10-160

Bowling: Anderson 9-3-29-0, Flintoff 13.5-4-35-1, Swann 14-3-38-4, Harmison 4-1-15-0 (1nb), Broad 12-1-37-5.

England second innings

A. Strauss c Clarke b North 75

A. Cook c Clarke b North 9

I. Bell c Katich b Johnson 4

P. Collingwood c Katich b Johnson 1

J. Trott not out 83

M. Prior run out 4

A. Flintoff c Siddle b North 22

S. Broad c Ponting b North 29

G. Swann not out 34

Extras: (b-1, lb-15, w-6, nb-7) 29

Total: (seven wickets; 83 overs) 290

Fall of wickets: 1-27 2-34 3-39 4-157 5-168 6-200 7-243

To bat: J. Anderson, S. Harmison

Bowling (to date): Hilfenhaus 7-1-24-0 (2nb), Siddle 15-3-48-0 (1w), North 30-4-98-4 (1w), Johnson 15-1-56-2 (5nb, 2w), Katich 5-2-9-0, Clark 8-2-19-0, Clarke 3-0-20-0.

Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden has called for scrapping the Champions Trophy as there already is a World Cup in the 50-over format.

Hayden, writing about his vision for cricket, questioned why the tournament should be held when there is already a World Cup in 50 overs format. The Champions Trophy is scheduled to take place in South Africa Sept 22-Oct 5.

'There's too much cricket, too much of it is meaningless, and there are just too many different formats.' Hayden wrote. 'Playing the World Twenty20 every other year is too much. And why have the Champions Trophy (a 50-over tournament) when you've already got a 50-over World Cup?

'There are strong lessons to be learned from the success achieved in other sports, such as the quadrennial cycle of football World Cup and UEFA European Championships.

Cricket should follow this with a similar cycle of T20 World Cup and ODI World Cup. To maximize coverage these should be played in odd-numbered years - football major competitions, and the Olympics, are in even-numbered years. The Champions Trophy should be scrapped. '

Hayden also suggested a two-month window for the Indian Premier League to avoid overlapping of schedules.

'The main point of conflict between the IPL and the established game is in scheduling, particularly the subsequent clash of players' contracts. This can be avoided in the future by creating a two-month window each year. I'd hold it in March and April - when other forms of the game take a back seat, no Tests, no World Cup cricket and so on.

'We need to do this. The IPL has the ability to generate international fan bases in the same way as achieved by the English football's Premier League. I believe some IPL matches should go on the road each year and be played in other countries, to make it a global competition.

'The sooner the world of cricket embraces the IPL, the sooner everyone can find ways to benefit from its massive potential,' he said.

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Saturday nominated former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly as the chairman of its cricket development committee.

Making the announcement after a working committee meeting, which Ganguly attended for the first time, CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya said the panel will draw up a master plan for developing and improving the game in the state.

Former Indian team players Ashok Malhotra, Pranab Roy and Arun Lal are the other members of the committee, which will also review reports of the selectors at both the junior and senior levels.