England lose Andrew Strauss to the second ball of the day when he disastrously opts to leave an inswinging delivery from Ben Hilfenhaus
His replacement Graeme Swann makes only a cameo appearance, having time only to find the boundary once before prodding Peter Siddle to Ricky Ponting at second slip
England lose their third wicket in under 15 minutes of play when Stuart Broad plays on while facing Hilfenhaus to leave his side on 378-9
Graham Onions, making his Ashes debut, is the last man in and joins James Anderson in putting on a defiant 47 before the latter falls to leave England with a final total of 425
Having done well with the bat, Anderson starts brightly with the ball and removes opener Phillip Hughes as Australia's innings gets off to a shaky start
England are cock-a-hoop as Australia's skipper Ponting is controversially given out caught at slip by Strauss off Anderson for two but replays suggest his bat hadn't made contact - Australia reach lunch on 22-2
The players have to wait for their food for another 10 minutes though, with both sides coming back out in sharp lines to be presented to the Queen
Only a handful of overs are possible after the interval before dark clouds bring rain and a temporary halt to play with Australia on 31-2
The players come on and off again before more settled weather arrives giving Michael Hussey and Simon Katich the chance to build a 77-run partnership that leaves the tourists on 87-2 at tea
The latter makes it to 48 before swiping a short one to long leg where a dashing Broad dives to complete a fantastic catch and earn Onions his first wicket
Hussey takes his tally past the 50 mark only to find himself on the wrong end of a 95.1 mph delivery from Andrew Flintoff which spectacularly ends his participation
England claim another prize wicket soon after when Anderson's inswinger is guided by Michael Clarke into the waiting hands of Alastair Cook at short midwicket leaving Australia on 111-5
England have to wait all of half an hour for their next breakthrough when Marcus North bottom edges an attempted pull onto his middle stump to give Anderson his fourth wicket
Australia find themselves seven down when Mitchell Johnson's top-edged pull lands in the hands of Cook at deep square leg to give Broad his first wicket of the day
Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin reaches 28 before also succumbing to Broad shortly before bad light brings an end to proceedings with Australia on 156-8 and still requiring 70 to avoid the follow-on
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