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London: Steve Smith takes three late wickets to give Australia the edge after Ian Bell's 109 on the opening day of the second Test at Lord's on Thursday.
Leg-spinner Smith, who did not bowl in Australia's 14-run defeat at Trent Bridge last week, removed Bell, Jonny Bairstow and Matt Prior as England slipped from 271-4 to 289-7 by the close at Lord's.
England, who won the toss, had fallen to 28-3 in the first hour of play but were hauled out of trouble by Bell's superb 109 and half centuries from Jonathan Trott and Bairstow.
England's predicament could have been worse had Bairstow not enjoyed a significant stroke of luck midway through the afternoon session.
The Yorkshire batsman was bowled by Peter Siddle for 21 but reprieved when television replays revealed a no-ball by the narrowest of margins.
He went on to score a further 46 in a fifth-wicket partnership of 144 with Bell that looked to have put England in control.
Other than a run-out chance, Bell had not offered a chance as he followed up his crucial innings in Nottingham with another century at a time of need for his team
Earlier, Cook, who chose to bat first on a scorching day, was drawn across his stumps and trapped lbw by a Shane Watson inswinger, justifying Clarke's decision to throw the ball to the all-rounder for the fifth over of the day.
In the next over, Root was lbw to the recalled Ryan Harris, and failed with a review when replays suggested the ball struck his pad marginally before bat.
Four balls later, Kevin Pietersen got a thin edge to a ball that shaped away from him and England were listing badly on 28-3.
Earlier, England won the toss and elected to bat first They made one change with Tim Bresnan coming in for Steven Finn.
Australia made a couple of changes - Ed Cowan and Mitchell Starc have been dropped for Usman Khawaja and Ryan Harris in.
Teams:
England: Alastair Cook (Captain), Joe Root, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Jonathan Bairstow, Matt Prior (wk), Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
Australia: Shane Watson, Chris Rogers, Usman Khawaja, Phillip Hughes, Michael Clarke (Captain), Steven Smith, Brad Haddin (wk), Ashton Agar, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Ryan Harris
Brief scores
England 289 for 7 (Bell 109, Bairstow 67, Smith 3-18, Harris 3-43)
