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IN the immortal words of Australia's own The Divinyls - there's a fine line between pleasure and pain.
England enjoyed their best day of this Ashes series on Friday and experienced plenty of both.
When Mitchell Johnson's first delivery had Tim Bresnan ducking for cover, few could have predicted how day two at the MCG would unfold.
Check out the view from the UK.
Poms finally on top
England's attack has been blunted by an aggressive Australian batting line-up this summer but on a dry MCG deck, the Poms finally hit back.
While 255 was nothing to write home about, England finally had some scoreboard pressure and made it count, wrote The Telegraph's Scyld Berry.
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"England had nobody who could begin to match the threat of Mitchell Johnson ... but England's quartet of pace bowlers combined to dry up Australia's batsmen and pressurise them out," he wrote.
"As an almost inevitable consequence of this pressurising, Australian wickets fell. Steve Smith faced 77 balls and could only score 19 before slashing to second slip; George Bailey faced 19 balls without scoring; and Johnson, a hitter amongst his other attributes, took 30 balls for two runs."
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It could be the return of Tim Bresnan that boosted England's attack.
Former England captain Nasser Hussein, writing for The Daily Mail, believed the bustling medium-pacer was the difference.
"Bresnan's pace was down and he seemed more military medium than the bowler who would hit the bat harder than many batsmen imagined he would.
"But one thing you will know about Bresnan is that he will keep going for you and he chipped in with the vital wickets of Rogers and Johnson and the England attack as a unit will be very pleased with the way they controlled the run-rate and were so disciplined.
"(The bowling attack) managed to force pressure onto the Australian batsmen, had the benefit of having five bowlers, and the advantage of scoreboard pressure, however minimal a total of 255 is, so the home side were less able to get after Monty Panesar as they had Graeme Swann up to now. The end result, after an unpromising start, was England's best day of the series so far."
Chris Rogers takes a Stuart Broad bouncer to the head. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images
Shouldering silly season
It started with Michael Carberry on day one and continued on day two as Monty Panesar and Michael Clarke shouldered arms only to find their castle knocked over.
While Panesar is a brave No.11, Clarke is the Australian captain and best batsmen, prompting The Daily Mail's David "Bumble" Lloyd to question where his mind was.
"All this shouldering of arms - I thought that's what they did outside Buckingham Palace! Michael Carberry and Monty Panesar did it in England's first innings, and now we've got Michael Clarke following suit.
"It looks like a wonderful thing, with the bat held proudly above the head - and then the ball cannons into the furniture. I can't understand why at this level the first instinct is not to hit the ball. The world's gone mad."
Hussein agreed and went one further questioning the efforts of Kevin Pietersen, David Warner and even Chris Rogers.
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"There are some scrambled brains among some of the batsmen of both sides now, the result no doubt of being nine Tests in to back to back Ashes series. It is almost as if these sides are punch drunk from facing each so often.
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"Just look at the dismissals of Kevin Pietersen, David Warner, Shane Watson and Michael Clarke on the second day here at the MCG. None of them will be pleased with themselves and all showed signs of mental baggage, scarring, call it what you will. Only Chris Rogers, really, got his head down and played properly and even he gave it away in the end."
The fury of Mitch and the frustration of KP
The day started with England and Australia's most frustrating and perhaps misunderstood talents making the headlines.
The Mirror's Dean Wilson summed it up best.
"Before they could get to the good bit, England had to suffer another horror morning with the bat, and of course it was that man Johnson yet again doing the damage.
"He had electrified the first day with two late wickets, and he started the second in the same fired up fashion.
"His first ball of the day to Tim Bresnan was a brute of a delivery that reared up and could only be fended to George Bailey at short leg.
"Much like a punch from Mike Tyson, you might know it is coming, but there is little you can do about it when you get it.
"With one end open, Johnson did what he has done all series and hurried through the tail.
"Kevin Pietersen might have decided to hang around with Stuart Broad and see where they could get the team, but instead he went for the quick runs strategy. It didn't work.
"Going for a wild slog out to the leg side, Pietersen missed everything and Johnson hit his middle stump. It looked bad, because it was."
Piers feels the pain.
No one experienced more pain on day two than a bloke who's never played a Test for England.
Social commentator Piers Morgan took up the challenge of facing six ball from Brett Lee ... and well ... we'll let the video do the talking. Check it out at the top of the page.
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