MELBOURNE: England were bowled out for 110 in reply to Australia's first innings 152 on day one of the fourth Ashes test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
For the visitors, Harry Brook top-scored with 41 while the hosts' Michael Neser took 4-45 and Scott Boland 3-30.
Harry Brook top-scores 41 for visitors, while hosts' Michael Neser and Scott Boland take four and three wickets, respectively
Josh Tongue took 5-45 to lead England's bowlers in front of 93,442, a record crowd for a cricket match at the MCG, eclipsing the 93,013 at the 2015 World Cup final.
Australian openers Travis Head and Jake Weatherald fell for 12 and 10 respectively while Marnus Labuschagne made six as Gus Atkinson and Josh Tongue found plenty of movement.
Steve Smith looked to have weathered the storm, but he was cleaned up on nine by Tongue, who knocked back his middle stump to leave England's "Barmy Army" of fans in full voice.
It didn't get much better after lunch with Usman Khawaja (29), Alex Carey (20) and Cameron Green (17) among those departing.
Michael Neser top-scored with 35 while Tongue took 5-45 as the hosts lost their last three wickets for no runs and last four for nine.
As far as the teams' lineup for the fourth Ashes Test is concerned, Australia included fast bowler Jhye Richardson for his first Test since the 2021 Ashes match at Adelaide Oval. He joined an all-pace attack with Starc, Boland and Neser.
Meanwhile, England recalled Atkinson to replace the injured Jofra Archer, while Jacob Bethell made his Ashes debut and will bat at number three in place of the dropped Ollie Pope.
Australia have already retained the Ashes after crushing eight-wicket victories in Perth and Brisbane and an 82-run win in Adelaide, with England desperate to restore pride in Melbourne.
Castigated over their limited Ashes preparations, the tourists lost the famous urn in just 11 days of play, with a scandal involving alleged excessive drinking by players during a mid-series beach break piling on the pressure.
