Peter Baxter's second day report (BBC Radio 5 Live)

The incident has echoes of Lloyd's angry confrontation with Geoff Boycott during last summer, but the coach insists this disagreement was not on the same scale.

Lloyd was speaking after a stubborn sixth-wicket partnership prevented England taking control of their tour match with Victoria.

He also criticised England's lower order batsmen after another collapse.

Jones was a fine fielder during his long career

Former Victoria and Derbyshire captain Jones singled out England's inferior fielding standards as the main reason why they trail Australia in the Ashes series.

He was speaking out after watching the tourists limber up with sprints at the MCG instead of practising catching - a failing which has been all too obvious during the Tests.

The criticism resulted in Lloyd seeking TV commentator Jones out in the broadcasting boxes to set the record straight.

David Lloyd: Lower order batsmen failed again

The coach explained that he had personally supervised lengthy catching sessions before the start of play, but this was unseen in the net area at the back of the ground.

"We started to do our stuff at 8.30 this morning with slip catching, high catching, flat catching and ground fielding," said Lloyd.

"We had a full net with bowlers running in at full pace and then we finished off with sprints."

Jones's comments had clearly annoyed the Lancastrian: "I didn't even know Dean Jones was here, but it's nothing to do with him - I will be protective of my players if someone comes out like that without knowing the facts."

Last summer, Lloyd got into trouble with the game's bosses after confronting Boycott over comments the former batsman said on TV during a Test with Sri Lanka.

He was warned about his future conduct then but he insisted his complaint about Jones was not of the same magnitude.

"I simply spoke very politely to the lady production assistant to put her straight," said Lloyd, who did not talk to Jones directly.

Lower order fails again

Lloyd had earlier watched another promising England innings vanish into thin air.

The overnight total of 308 for five turned into 373 all out as the last five wickets tumbled for 16 runs in 10 overs, despite Mark Ramprakash scoring a painstaking 78 in more than four hours.

Graeme Hick had lifted his hopes of selection for next week's third Test in Adelaide with 67.

But it was the performance of the lower order which annoyed Lloyde.

"The last couple or three contrived to just eat up a few overs without scoring any runs when the game's going forward," said a clearly frustrated coach.

Dean Headley: Two wickets, a catch and a run-out

England then recovered with the ball, before failing to take advantage of Victoria's slump to 43 for four.

Dean Headley claimed two wickets and played a major role in running out opener Jason Arnberger.

Ben Hollioake also recovered from an inconsistent start to his first bowl of the tour to grab a wicket.

But Shawn Craig began Victoria's recovery by dominating a 44-run stand with Jason Bakker until the latter drove Robert Croft straight to Headley at mid-on.

That was to be England's last success of the day, as Peter Roach hit a defiant half-century and forged an unbroken 90-run stand with Craig to help Victoria move on to 177 for five at the close.

Scorecard

Overnight: England 308-5 (A J Stewart 126, M R Ramprakash 61 no).

• M R Ramprakash c Roach b Bakker 78
• G A Hick lbw b Gilbert 67
• B C Hollioake lbw b Bakker 5
• R D B Croft not out 0
• D W Headley c Williams b Bakker 3
• A R C Fraser c Williams b Davison 8

Extras (lb6 w1 nb1) 8

Total (128 overs) 373

Fall: 1-25 2-33 3-95 4-135 5-247 6-356 7-362 8-362 9-365

Bowling: Williams 27-7-84-1, Gilbert 29-7-63-2, Inness 31-10-95-1, Bakker 20-6-45-3, Davison 19-3-77-2, Craig 2-0-3-0

Victoria First Innings Close

• J L Arnberger run out 19
• M P Mott c Stewart b Headley 0
• G R Vimpani c Thorpe b Headley 11
• B J Hodge lbw b Hollioake 4
• S A J Craig not out 39
• J R Bakker c Headley b Croft 29
• P J Roach not out 54

Extras (lb4 nb17) 21

Total 5 wkts (69 overs) 177

Fall: 1-4 2-24 3-43 4-43 5-87

To Bat: B A Williams, A S Gilbert, M W H Inness, J M Davison.

Bowling: Headley 17-2-34-2, Fraser 15-5-30-0, Hollioake 11-0-43-1, Croft 21-4-48-1, Ramprakash 5-2-18-0