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Melbourne: A resurgent England attack tore through Australia's batting lineup with six wickets in the final session to leave the hosts reeling at 9 for 164 at the close of the second day of the fourth Ashes Test on Friday.
Bowled out for what seemed a paltry 255 in the morning, the tourists hit back through their seamers in the afternoon with Stuart Broad and James Anderson capturing three wickets apiece.
Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, fighting another desperate rearguard action, was 43 not out at stumps, with number 11 batsman Nathan Lyon yet to face a ball and Australia trailing by 91 runs.
Having restricted the hosts to 3 for 96 at tea with bowling of the highest discipline, England's seamers turned the screws in the final session in bright sunshine and in front of a mostly stunned crowd of over 78,000 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
After hanging around for 95 minutes and 77 balls for his 19 runs, Steven Smith was the first to succumb when he flashed a frustrated cut shot that sent an edge flying to Ian Bell at second slip.
The wicket broke a 48-run partnership and sparked a collapse as Rogers promptly threw away his wicket for 61 after nearly four hours of painstaking graft.
The 36-year-old had shown great poise, raising his third half-century of the series shortly before tea after being struck in the helmet by a Stuart Broad delivery that left him bleeding from his temple.
But his attempted slog over mid-on off Bresnan found only Kevin Pietersen charging to his right and smacked of pressure.
One-day specialist George Bailey never appeared comfortable in the role of rescuer and followed soon after, caught behind by wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow off Anderson for a 19-ball duck.
Umpire Aleem Dar turned down the appeal, but the 'snicko' technology suggested a faint noise which was good enough for third umpire Billy Bowden to award the wicket, prompting indignant jeers from the crowd.
That left Australia teetering on 122-6, but Haddin ignored the scoreboard, blasting a six off Stokes over long-on and two fours in an over off Anderson.
Anderson let his captain and Bresnan down twice with two dropped catches, a tough chance reprieving Smith on seven before tea and a much simpler one saving Johnson an hour before stumps.
He made amends shortly after by taking a sharp chance to remove Johnson at midwicket for two and hand Bresnan his second wicket.
Ryan Harris lasted 27 balls for his six runs before fending off a rising delivery from Broad to Joe Root at short leg.
Peter Siddle spooned to Bresnan at cover to be out for a duck off Broad, the wicket prompting the close.
Australia captain Clarke's poor record against England continued when he was bowled for 10 after not playing at a swinging Anderson delivery after lunch.
Anderson also removed dangerous opener David Warner for nine before all-rounder Ben Stokes dismissed number three Shane Watson for 10 shortly before lunch.
Earlier, Mitchell Johnson ripped through England taking the prized wicket of Kevin Pietersen to tilt the dead rubber.
England, resuming at 6 for 226, meekly succumbed to be all out for 255 with Johnson taking five for 63 in a withering four-over morning spell of three for four with two maidens.
Among the England wreckage was the wicket of Pietersen, out bowled going for a wild slog for 71 after adding just four runs to his overnight score.
At lunch, Australia had reached 38 for two with Chris Rogers on 16 and Michael Clarke not out two after David Warner (9) and Shane Watson (10) went cheaply.
Warner top-edged Jimmy Anderson high into the air to give recalled wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow a straight forward catch.
While Bairstow took his second catch dismissing Watson for 10 off the bowling of Ben Stokes.
The wickets of Warner, who scored centuries in Brisbane and Perth, and Perth centurion Watson gave England some encouragement after a below-par first innings total.
Johnson now has taken 28 wickets at 14.96 for the series. He had a double-wicket breakthrough in his opening over of the day, removing Tim Bresnan (1) and Pietersen (71).
Bresnan received a brutish rearing delivery first-up and he fended it away in an act of self-preservation to George Bailey at short leg.
Pietersen, who batted cautiously on the opening day for his 67 off 152 balls, added a streaky boundary off Ryan Harris before he fell to Johnson, four balls after Bresnan's dismissal.
Pietersen went for a lusty swing and Johnson knocked back his middle stump as England's hopes slumped with the big loss of their showman batsman.
Pietersen, who passed Geoff Boycott as the fourth all-time England run-getter on the opening day, batted for 254 minutes before he became Johnson's fourth dismissal of the innings.
Johnson then trapped Stuart Broad leg before wicket for 11. Monty Panesar, who took an eye-watering blow in the groin from paceman Peter Siddle, was the last wicket to fall.
Panesar shouldered arms to spinner Nathan Lyon and was bowled for two leaving Jimmy Anderson 11 not out.
England's 255 was their highest first innings total in a poor-scoring series after 136 in Brisbane, 172 (Adelaide) and 251 (Perth), but still low to apply sustained pressure on the home side.
Brief scores
England 255 (Pietersen 71, Johnson 5-63)
Australia 9 for 164 (Rogers 61, Broad 3-30, Anderson 3-50)
Status Australia trial by 91 runs
