WORCESTER, England (AFP) - Phillip Hughes can expect plenty of short stuff in next week's first Ashes Test after being bounced out for the second time by Stephen Harmison in Australia's final warm-up match.

Hughes, who has enjoyed a stellar start to his international career and had a prolific spell with county side Middlesex this season, has appeared vulnerable to the well-directed bouncer during this four-day match at New Road.

The 20-year-old left-handed opener again faced a short-pitched barrage before discarded England quick Harmison, bowling round-the-wicket, cramped Hughes and a catch flew to second slip Eoin Morgan off the batsman's gloves.

Rising star Hughes scored just seven in the first innings before being dismissed in a similar fashion, caught in the gully off Harmison, who lost his place in the England side during the tour of the West Indies earlier this year.

Australia reached lunch on Friday's third day at 24 for one in their second innings after the Lions had come within six runs of their first innings 358.

Earlier, the tourists' pace trio needed 75 minutes to claim the Lions' final four wickets with Adil Rashid scoring 66 to add to Stephen Moore's 120 and half-centuries from Joe Denly and Steve Davies on the second day.

Brett Lee was denied his best-ever first class bowling figures when wicket-keeper Brad Haddin spilled his second straightforward catch of the game, putting down Harmison towards the end of the Lions' innings.

Haddin dropped Lions centurion Moore on 41 on Thursday.

Lee had earlier roughed up Sajid Mahmood before sending him packing with his next delivery when the ball ricocheted off the Lancashire bowler's shoulder and rolled onto the stumps.

The 32-year-old paceman seems certain to have booked a spot in Australia's line-up for the first Test against England, which starts in Cardiff on Wednesday, after returning figures of six wickets for 76 runs in 27 overs with a venomous burst of pace and swing.

Mitchell Johnson (one for 118) struck in his first over with the second new ball when Tim Bresnan played onto leg stump while Stuart Clark (two for 40) dismissed uncapped leg-spinner Rashid, who scored 10 fours in a classy innings.