England made Australia pay for fielding bungles to make steady progress after the home side's modest first innings total on the second day of the second Ashes Test on Saturday.
England made Australia pay for fielding bungles to make steady progress after the home side's modest first innings total on the second day of the second Ashes Test on Saturday.
The Australians, defending 245, their lowest Adelaide first innings total for 17 years, struck in the day's opening over to remove skipper Andrew Strauss but there was no further joy as the temperatures climbed at the Adelaide Oval.
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First Test centurions Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott were building a solid partnership and steering England to a burgeoning innings.
At lunch, Cook was unbeaten on 35 with Trott on 39 in England's 90 for one to trail by 155 runs.
Strauss fell cheaply and Trott had two lives in a shaky start for England chasing Australia's modest first innings total.
Doug Bollinger, recalled after being left out of the drawn Gabba Test, struck with the third ball of his opening over to rock the Ashes holders on a stifling second morning.
Bollinger, steaming in, broke through when Strauss made a serious error of judgment and didn't offer a shot to be bowled for one.
The English skipper was surprised by one that nipped back and collected the top of his off bail to set off celebrations among the Australians.
Trott had two lives when Xavier Doherty was well wide with his throw at the stumps from square leg when he was on six and he was dropped four runs later by Mike Hussey, who could not hold a low two-handed catch in the gully off Bollinger.
Australia were dismissed for 245 off 85.5 overs after winning the toss on Friday's opening day, their worst performance in the first innings at Adelaide since being bundled out by the West Indies for 213 in 1993.
If not for Hussey it would have been considerably worse for Australia with the senior number five batsman showing plenty of spirit in a fighting 93 before 38,615 spectators, the biggest Ashes crowd in Adelaide since the 1933 Bodyline series Test.
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