Once the second new ball was taken after tea, Lindwall returned but appeared to be tired and lacking in spirit in his first over.[1] Johnston removed Compton, and one run later, Lindwall clipped Yardley's off stump with the first ball of the next over to leave England at 134/6; the home skipper had made 44 before an outswinger had evaded his bat as he attempted to play a back foot defensive shot.[45][2] At the start of the third morning, he bowled Alec Bedser off an inside edge from a bouncer to finish with 5/70 as Australia took a 135-run first innings lead on the third morning.[3][47] O'Reilly said Lindwall "bowled as well as any fast bowler can bowl.