England lose three as they look to build big lead

England’s Ben Stokes, 2nd right, is congratulated by Mark Wood, right, and teammates after catching Australia’s Adam Voges, bowled by England’s Stuart Broad for 1 run during day one of the fourth Ashes Test cricket match, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England.

Australia’s first innings demise in the fourth Ashes Test happened so rapidly it made this morning’s newspapers in Australia.

Jonny Bairstow supported Root with a well-made 74 as the duo stitched a 173-run partnership. Still batting along with Root, Mark Wood is on 2.

Cloudy overhead conditions offered some assistance to the bowlers and doubtless prompted Cook’s decision to field first upon winning the toss.

But they were not “unplayable”.

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.

Broad’s 300th victim was Australian opener Chris Rogers who was caught at slip from the third delivery of the day’s play.

Steven Finn bowled Peter Nevill to reduce Australia to 33-7 after 9.2 overs, before Broad took the last three wickets as Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson edged to Root at third slip and Nathan Lyon was held by Stokes at sixth slip.

It was Broad’s 14th five-wicket haul in a test innings and was the first time an England bowler had taken five wickets before lunch on the first day of a test since Sydney Barnes, against South Africa in 1913.

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

11 Number of times StuartBroad has dismissed Michael Clarke in Tests, more often than any other bowler.

“He chatted to me a couple of days prior and said “all I want is one”.

Cook added: “Because of the way the series is poised, if someone scores a big hundred or takes six wickets and helps England win the game, the name will be etched in history forever – that’s the opportunity we have as a side”.

It was the shortest first innings in Test history.

Here, we look at the facts from a staggering day at Trent Bridge.

But it appeared it would take a monumental batting performance from him and the rest of of the Australian batsmen to save themselves from defeat.

Yet the Durham all-rounder’s sensational return of five for 35 – only his second Test five-fer – has put England within touching distance of regaining the urn.