Aug 07 2009 -
Having won the toss and elected to bat first, England capitulated in the face of some fiery bowling from the tourists, having been forced to go into the game without injured all-rounder Andrew Flintoff.
Skipper Andrew Strauss (3) was first to go, edging Peter Siddle to Marcus North, who took an outstanding one-handed catch at a fine gully position.
Ravi Bopara managed just a single before spooning a catch to Mike Hussey off the bowling of Ben Hilfenhaus and it was 39-3 when Ian Bell (8) edged a short ball from Mitchell Johnson to Brad Haddin.
Paul Collingwood failed to trouble the scorers before edging Stuart Clark to the waiting Ricky Ponting at second slip, leaving England in desperate trouble at 42-4.
Alastair Cook was the one batsman to show some form, but he was the fifth man out after reaching 30, with Michael Clarke taking a comfortable catch off Clark.
The pre-lunch action ended with one further blow for England, as Stuart Broad (3) became Clark's third victim, turning a catch to Simon Katich at short mid-wicket.
Siddle took all four remaining England wickets after lunch, firstly forcing the scoreless Graeme Swann to edge a catch to Clarke, before Steve Harmison also went for a duck, giving Haddin an easy catch behind the stumps.
James Anderson at least continued his record-breaking run of Test innings without a duck, but he made just three before fending off a short ball from Siddle to the waiting Haddin.
The innings was all over at 102 all out when Graham Onions was out first ball, caught by Katich off the hostile Siddle, who ended with figures of 5-21 from 9.5 overs.
Australia's reply got off to a quick start thanks to some wayward bowling, although Katich departed without scoring, fending off a Harmison lifter to Bopara at leg-gully.
Shane Watson and Ponting then added 119 for the second wicket as the Baggy Greens sailed past England's meagre total, with the former bringing up a third successive half-century.
However, England struck back by taking three wickets for 18 runs, with Watson (51) trapped leg before wicket by Onions.
Skipper Ponting had looked imperious in reaching 78 from 101 balls faced, before he was also adjudged lbw to a Broad delivery which seamed back in.
Broad then trapped Hussey right in front for just ten, before Clarke and North held firm to see Australia through to 196-4 by the close of play.
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