Australia 138-4 at tea as Stokes makes breakthrough

The speed at which Australia succumbed to England’s onslaught made it the quickest any team had been bowled out in the first innings of a test match.

Bairstow glanced Starc to the boundary to reach his fifty and Root cut part-time medium-pacer Warner for his 17th four to get to his eighth test century, punching the air and raising his bat to all corners of the ground.

Australia has been dismissed for the side’s equal sixth-worst score in Ashes history after sinking to 60 all out at Trent Bridge.

Nine of the dismissals were catches behind the wicket, as Australia’s batsmen showed poor technique against the moving ball with their bats crossed or away from their bodies. We knew we had to bowl an attacking length and get it up there, and the way we caught was special.

In addition, you can see positive sentiment surrounding Alastair Cook’s aggressive captaincy and field placings that led to Ben Stokes taking what is arguably the catch of the Investec Ashes series.

Broad, playing his 83rd test, became the fifth England bowler to take 300 test wickets after fellow pacemen Anderson, Ian Botham, Bob Willis and Fred Trueman.

The term “Ashes” came from a satirical obituary in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia’s 1882 victory over England at The Oval, their first Test win on English soil.

Starc, who provided a rare Australian positive with Test-best figures of 6-111, reflected on a challenging two days in Nottingham, but insisted he and his team-mates would aim to make life hard for England.

Clarke’s side were bowled out for 60 before lunch as Stuart Broad took 8-15.

“He only wanted one, it’s just being greedy isn’t it?”

“Like I say that is as tough a day as you have as a player, and certainly as a captain. I was a bit concerned he was too focused on getting to 300”, added Broad senior, himself a former Nottinghamshire and England opening batsman.

And while Malcolm took one more wicket giving up just 15 runs is simply remarkable.

Australia’s first innings of the fourth Ashes Test was nothing short of a disaster.

The success off the third ball of the match pumped up Broad and he went on to devour Steven Smith in the same over.

Clarke (10) gifted his wicket by chasing a wide ball from Broad.