 An astonishing supporting cameo of 74 off 94 balls from the Australian number 10 Geoff Lawson enabled Waugh's heroics, and helped see the Australian's over 500, and also remained Lawson's best ever test innings.A first innings lead of 248 placed great pressure on the English batsmen, but their combined experience counted when it was required, and their captain David Gower led the fight-back with a well made 106.Robin Smith was unluckily dismissed for 96.