England 0 for 1 (Strauss 0*, Cook 0*) trail Australia 245 (Hussey 93, Haddin 56, Watson 51, Anderson 4-51) by 244 runs
Mike Hussey fell short of a defiant century as Australia were bowled out for 245 on day one of the second Test against England in Adelaide.
Hussey top scored with 93, Brad Haddin made 56 and Shane Watson 51, but Australia never adequately recovered after a dramatic early batting collapse.
The hosts were 3-2 after 13 balls of the Test, with Simon Katich run out without facing a ball, Ricky Ponting dismissed for a golden duck and Michael Clarke out for two.
Few venues in the world are kinder to batsmen than Adelaide Oval, and after winning the toss on a 34-degree day, for Australia to be dismissed for 245 before stumps was not only sub-par, it was potentially ruinous.
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Michael Hussey came into bat with Australia's score at 2 for 3. This was the third worst score for Australia at the fall of the third wicket.
Simon Katich was run out without facing a ball. This was the 24th such occurrence in Tests and the first such dismissal for an Australian batsman since Wayne Philips' run out against West Indies in 1984.
The 245 is Australia's lowest first innings total at Adelaide since their 213 against West Indies in 1993.
Ricky Ponting's first ball duck was his fifth in Tests. Four of them have come in the last two years.
It was only the third time that Hussey fell in the nineties. The previous occasion came against India at Nagpur in 2008.
James Anderson has 194 wickets at an average of 31.62. However in 2010, he has picked up 46 wickets at an average of just over 21.
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