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MICHAEL Carberry thought he'd done it again.
After getting through the hard yards of the new ball on day two in Perth, England's new opener miscued his pull shot and stood for a moment, his head down.
The ball hung in the air for what seemed like an age as three Australian fieldsmen, led by wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, converged in the outfield.
Carberry turned his head, no doubt expecting his top edge to be swallowed. That's just the way this series had gone.
But the ball dropped safely, just out of reach of a desperate dive from Haddin, and at that moment it felt as though England's luck had changed.
Carberry trotted through for a single, cleared his head and went about the work of creating the kind of platform England required to get back into the series.
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His opening partnership of 85 with England skipper Alastair Cook was easily the most substantial contribution the pair had managed this series.
By the time Carberry departed, chopping a Ryan Harris delivery back onto his stumps for 43, Cook was on 40 but could have easily been back in the pavilion in the third over when he was dropped by third slip Steve Smith, having made just three.
It was an incredibly tough chance - Australia's first innings centurion diving full length to his left, but it's the kind of chance that's been sticking to Aussie hands all series.
Cook edged again a few overs later but this time the ball didn't carry to Michael Clarke at second slip, and Smith was unable to get there despite his best efforts diving across his captain.
Playing with soft hands, Carberry also edged into the slips cordon before he was fully established, but again the ball didn't carry.
When England bowled the Aussie tail out in the morning session, every edge was carrying into the cordon above chest height.
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And it wasn't just Aussie edges going to hand that started to signal a change in fortune - even hot spot came to England's rescue for the visitors' first successful review of the summer.
Having added just eight runs to his overnight score of 103, Smith got the thinnest of tickles on the inside edge of his bat from the bowling of Jimmy Anderson.
It carried through to Matt Prior and, despite a muffled appeal, Cook quickly signalled for a review and was rewarded by a tiny dot of light on the heat sensing camera, backed by appropriately timed undulations on snicko.
Smith was miffed. But he was gone, and so it seemed was the rub of the green enjoyed by the hosts for the first two Tests and the first day of the third.
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