Jonathan Agnew with the latest from the WACA in Perth

At tea England were 120 for 2 - needing 162 runs in the final session to seal victory - but Crawley was caught by Katich for 65 just after the break.

The Lancashire man became the latest England batsman to make an impression on the Ashes tour.

Hussain: suffered nasty blow on the helmet

All of England's specialist batsmen, except the injured Mark Butcher, have made valuable runs in the opening state game.

Set 282 to win by Western Australia's declaration just before lunch on the fourth day in Perth, Crawley kept England in the game.

In Butcher's absence Dominic Cork was drafted in as opener but he lasted only two deliveries.

But Crawley and acting skipper Hussain, who survived a blow to the helmet, ensured there was no English collapse.

The home side earlier declared at 268 for three in their second innings, after bowling the tourists out for 321.

Ryan Campbell...sensational innings

Ryan Campbell was the last man out after hitting a spectacular 146 from 147 deliveries including 23 boundaries.

Scorecards at tea

England second innings
J P Crawley not out 64
D G Cork c Nicholson b Cary 0
N Hussain c Katich b Jurgensen 28
G P Thorpe not out 22
Extras b4 lb1 nb1 6
Total 2 wkts (35 overs) 120
Fall: 1-2 2-88
To Bat: M A Butcher, M R Ramprakash, W K Hegg, R D B Croft, D Gough, A R C Fraser, A D Mullally.
England require a further 162 runs to win, a min. of 28.0 overs remain.
Bowling: Jurgensen 10-4-26-1, Cary 5-3-11-1,0 Nicholson 6-0-28-0, Harvey 5-2-15-0, Oldroyd 8-1-30-0, Katich 1-0-5-0

Western Australia second innings

R J Campbell c Sub b Croft 146
M E Hussey b Mullally 27
J L Langer c Ramprakash b Croft 41
S M Katich not out 24
M G Dighton not out 27
Extras lb2 nb1 3
Total 3 wkts dec (64 overs) 268
Fall: 1-90 2-210 3-220
Did Not Bat: S R Cary, K M Harvey, S Jurgensen, M Nicholson, B J Oldroyd, C Rogers.
Bowling: Gough 8-1-42-0, Cork 14-5-46-0, Croft 21-5-68-2, Mullally 8-1-29-1, Fraser 7-1-49-0, Ramprakash 6-0-32-0

England first innings:

Butcher retired hurt 0
Crawley b Carey 7
Thorpe c Cary b Nicholson 42
Hussain (capt) c Dighton b Nicholson 118
Ramprakash c Campbell b Nicholson 81
Cork c Dighton b Nicholson 5
Hegg c Jurgensen b Nicholson 10
Croft b Nicholson 4
Gough b Nicholson 11
Mullally not out 25
Fraser c Langer b Oldroyd 0

Extras 18

Total (117.3 overs) 321

Fall: 1-16 2-92 3-230 4-240 5-276 6-282 7-283 8-310 9-321

Bowling

Nicholson 36-15-77-7, Cary 26-6-55-1, Jurgensen 21-3-62-0, Harvey 10-1-37-0, Oldroyd 22.3-4-70-1, Katich 2-0-11-0

Western Australia first innings:

Hussey c Thorpe b Mullally 3
Campbell (wkt) lbw b Gough 1
Langer (capt) c & b Gough 85
Katich lbw 106
Dighton c Cork b Mullally 23
Rogers c Hegg b Ramprakash 14
Harvey lbw Mullally 7
Nicholson not out 58
Oldroyd c Hussain b Gough 9
Jurgensen not out 13
Cary did not bat

Extras 15

Total (8 wkts dec, 110.5 overs) 334

Fall: 4-1 4-2 149-3 193-4 230-5 249-6 266-7 292-8

Bowling

Mullally 25-8-55-3, Gough 27.5-74-4, Cork 16-0-63-0, Fraser 25-6-79-0, Croft 15-4-47-0, Ramprakash 2-0-4-1