England spinner Graeme Swann admitted he and his team-mates bowled poorly on the rain-delayed opening day of the third Ashes Test against Australia.
After play was delayed until 1700 BST, the Aussies raced to 126-1 off 30 overs, with Swann's wicket of Simon Katich England's only success.
"We didn't bowl as well as we had hoped and we knew they'd come at us hard, which they did," said the off-spinner.
"We didn't put the ball in the right areas and we must change that."
Shane Watson, a surprise replacement for Phil Hughes, opened for the first time in a Test match and reached 62 not out by the close at Edgbaston, with Australia captain Ricky Ponting on 17.
The groundstaff did a stunning job to get any play at all today
Graeme Swann
Swann added: "Shane was under a lot of pressure but he played really well and we'll have to come up with something different for him on Friday.
"The pitch is fairly slow and flat, it's a pretty good Edgbaston wicket. Hopefully it will quicken up a bit on Friday but it looks a good Test match wicket.
"I was a bit surprised to get a chance to bowl so early on in the innings but I was really happy to pick up Katich.
"I saw him shaping up to pull and it skidded on and hit his leg, which I was thankful for. If it'd turned he'd have probably put me away, but it didn't.
"Credit to the groundstaff for getting any play at all today - they've done a stunning job."
Australia were grateful to England skipper Andrew Strauss after he allowed the tourists to make a late change to their line-up when wicketkeeper Brad Haddin injured his left index finger while warming up.
With the toss having already taken place, it required special dispensation from England to grant the call-up of debutant Graham Manou as a replacement.
Australia coach Tim Nielsen said: "It was a fine gesture. To refuse is well within his (Strauss's) rights.
"We asked the question, that's all we could do, and if he had refused we would have an issue on our hands.
"The process worked really well, and for the game's sake we are now going to have 11 fit blokes on each team."
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