He won his first two career races brilliantly butfelloff soon after and staggered home ninth in the 2004 Kentucky Derby, more than 15 lengths behind Smarty Jones.
The game ended in comical fashion when Hooper rounded goalkeeper Pernis but stubbed his toe and fell flat on his face as he tried to score seconds before having another effort chalked off after a questionable offside decision.
Hefell to a brilliant diving catch by John Mooney off the final ball of the 45th over, but Bresnan, batting at a lowly number 10, hit two fours to at least take England past the 200 mark.
Lusty late blows from Mike Hussey - including a huge six into the third row of the top tier of the square leg boundary - bumped up the total, but the left-hander fell one run short of his half century when he drove a catch to Denly at mid-off.