Australia holds a slight edge in the second Ashes test as they closed day two on 30/1 after bowling England out for 258 at Lord's.
Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon took three wickets each as Australia bowled out England just after tea, before Cameron Bancroft and Usman Khawaja helped his team add 30 runs before stumps.
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After rain washed out the first day, Australia won the toss and put England in to bat, Hazlewood taking two early wickets to give the touring side the initiative which they never surrendered.
Rory Burns and Jonny Bairstow made half-centuries but it was a disappointing batting performance by England, and Australia will be confident of claiming a first-innings lead and pushing on for a win that would put them 2-0 up in the series.
Jason Roy lasted three balls, flashing wildly at his first before edging a lifting Hazlewood delivery to wicket-keeper Tim Paine for nought.
Captain Joe Root twice drove Cummins sweetly to the extra cover boundary before, on 14, he was trapped lbw by Hazlewood with a delivery that jagged back and kept low.
Burns dug in to play the anchor role again but he was given a life when he drove loosely at a wide ball from Peter Siddle, and Khawaja spilled a sharp catch at gully.
Hazlewood bowled two probing and accurate spells in the morning, conceding only 14 runs in 10 overs to lift Australia's quest to win the Ashes in England for the first time since 2001.
Burns slog-swept spinner Lyon for four to bring up England's fifty, and the left-hander was 34 not out with Joe Denly unbeaten on 27 as the hosts reached 76 for two at lunch.
As has happened regularly in Denly's fledgling test career, however, he failed to capitalize on a solid start.
The right-hander added three runs before he nibbled at a full-length Hazlewood delivery and edged another routine catch to Paine.
Burns completed his third test fifty, before he was the victim of a brilliant reaction catch by Bancroft at short leg.
Jos Buttler made 12 before he hung his bat limply at a wide delivery from Siddle to nick it to Paine and Ben Stokes missed a straight ball from Lyon to depart lbw for 13 with England reeling at 138/6.
Bairstow and Chris Woakes steadied the ship with a seventh-wicket partnership of 72 in bright sunshine at the home of cricket before the latter gloved Cummins down the leg-side to Paine to fall for 32.
Jofra Archer made 12, Stuart Broad 11 and Bairstow was last man out, caught in the deep off Lyon for 52.
Australia had about 20 overs to bat on an extended day, and they lost David Warner, who was bowled by a fine delivery from Broad for three.
Bancroft and Khawaja survived a fiery spell by Archer on his debut, however, and with rain forecast to disrupt day three, England face an uphill task to level the series and boost their hopes of regaining the Ashes.
Reuters
