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Chester-le-Street: Nathan Lyon picked up 4 wickets while Ryan Harris chipped in with a couple as a spirited effort from the Australian bowlers left England reeling at 238/9 at stumps on Day 1 at Riverside Ground on Friday.
Australia took an early grip on the fourth Ashes Test at Chester-le-Street as England's batting frailties were exposed once again.
Denied victory at Old Trafford by the rain as England retained the Ashes with a draw, Australia boosted their hopes of coming from 2-0 down to draw the series by reducing the hosts to 238-9 at the close of day one.
After winning the toss, England had battled their way to 149-2 on a slow pitch, but they lost seven wickets for 107 runs as Australia took control.
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon found a testing line and length to take 4-37, while the other wickets were shared among Australia's impressive quartet of seamers.
Captain Alastair Cook top-scored for England with 51 and Jonathan Trott made a fluent 49, but it was a day to forget for the hosts' other batsmen as they fell to a combination of intelligent, accurate bowling and reckless batting.
Cook's men have yet to post a total in excess of 400 this series - only Ian Bell and Joe Root average more than 33 - and once again it will be down to their bowlers to right the wrongs of those paid to score runs.
Brief scores
England 238 for 9 (Cook 51, Lyon 4-42)
