Dawid Malan and captain Joe Root have fought to push England to 107/2 at tea on day three of the first Ashes test, after Australia knocked over the tourists' openers cheaply at Brisbane.
Malan was 35 not out, while Root was 26, with England still needing another 171 runs to make Australia bat again.
England's openers had survived to lunch at 23/0, but fell soon after the break, under the pressure of Australia's pace barrage.
Rory Burns' nightmare test continued, as he was caught behind for 13, off the bowling of captain Pat Cummins, out to a short ball cramping him, as he made a hash of a cut shot.
Burns was bowled first ball of the series on Wednesday by Mitchell Starc and dropped fellow opener David Warner in the slips on Thursday. Warner went on to score 94.
Haseeb Hameed fell needlessly to a leg-side glance that clipped his glove on the way to wicketkeeper Alex Carey, off the bowling of Starc.
Root and Malan steadied the innings in a 46-run partnership to the break, but England have a massive task ahead to save the match.
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