Australia 268 and 3 for 119 (Watson 61*, Hussey 24*) lead England 187 (Bell 53, Strauss 52, Johnson 6-38) by 200 runs.
An enthralling day of action moved the third Test along in fast forward at the WACA with Mitchell Johnson reviving his career and Australia's Ashes fortunes with a brutal 6 for 38 to dismiss England for 187.
by stumps Shane Watson was unbeaten on 61 and the lead was 200.
Johnson's spell one of the greats.
MARK it down as one of the greatest spells in Ashes history.
That's someone whose job it is to put things like Mitchell Johnson's pre-lunch spell of 4-7 into historical context.
Much of the credit will go to their enigmatic paceman Johnson, who ignited the Australian attack in the morning session with a fierce spell of swing bowling.
After England raced to 78 without loss, Johnson caused Alastair Cook to miscue a drive straight to Hussey at gully, then trapped Jonathan Trott for four and Kevin Pietersen lbw for a duck.
Smart.....
England lost ten wickets for 109 runs, in the process collapsing from 78 for 0 to 187 all out. This aggregate of 109 runs between the second wicket and last wicket is the tenth worst for England against Australia and their worst at Perth.
Mitchell Johnson picked up 6 for 38, which is his finest bowling performance against England. It is also his second five wicket haul against them after the 5 for 69 at Leeds in 2009.
Ian Bell scored his third half century of the Ashes and his 11th against Australia overall. He is yet to score a century in this series though.
England have made six scores below 200 at Perth. They have gone on to lose on all five previous occasions.
Since March 2010, Ricky Ponting has scored five fifties in 16 innings at an average of just under 29. In eight of those innings, he has failed to cross 10.
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