England skipper Strauss out on third ball in Ashes

Australia's bid to retain the Ashes was in disarray Thursday after a horror start to the third Test at the WACA in Perth, slumping to 4-36 as England's pacemen tore through the top order.England won the toss and sent Australia in to bat on a greenish pitch, a decision that paid immediate dividends as the home team's shaky batting line-up again faltered.Recalled opener Phil Hughes and under pressure skipper Ricky Ponting were among the casualties as Australia headed into the lunch break at 65-4, with Mike Hussey desperately trying to steady the innings.

England lost skipper Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott had two lives in a shaky start after Australia's modest first innings total on the second day of the second Ashes Test.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 at the Adelaide Oval, on Saturday.Bollinger, steaming in, broke through when Strauss made a serious error of judgment and didn't offer a shot to be bowled for one.

England won the fourth Test by an innings and 157 runs to retain the Ashes against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday.England claimed their huge victory before lunch on the fourth morning when Tim Bresnan had Ben Hilfenhaus caught behind for a duck and incapacitated Ryan Harris was unable to bat because of an ankle injury.There was only going to be one result after Australia were routed for a ground record low of 98 on Sunday's opening day after Andrew Strauss won the toss and put the Australians into bat on a bowler-friendly wicket.

England were battling to save going one down in the Ashes series after Mike Hussey and Brad Haddin posted centuries to give Australia a massive innings lead in the first Gabba Test.Hussey registered his highest Test score of 195 and Haddin contributed 136 in a Gabba record stand of 307 runs to propel Australia to a 221-run innings lead on the third day.England, who have not won a Brisbane Test since Mike Gatting's team prevailed by seven wickets in 1986, reached the close at 19 without loss with Andrew Strauss on 11 and Alastair Cook six.

Shane Watson and Mike Hussey were stabilising Australia's first innings after losing three wickets in 10 balls in a sensational start to the second Ashes Test against England at the Adelaide Oval on Friday.Watson, who was to blame for opening batsman Simon Katich's run out off the fourth ball of the innings, was leading the recovery after Australia were reeling at two for three in the third over.At lunch, Australia were 94 for three after winning the toss with Watson on 50 and first Test centurion Hussey not out 36.

Shane Watson and Mike Hussey were stabilising Australia's first innings after losing three wickets in 10 balls in a sensational start to the second Ashes Test against England at the Adelaide Oval on Friday.Watson, who was to blame for opening batsman Simon Katich's run out off the fourth ball of the innings, was leading the recovery after Australia were reeling at two for three in the third over.At lunch, Australia were 94 for three after winning the toss with Watson on 50 and first Test centurion Hussey not out 36.

Australia won the toss and chose to bat on the opening day of the second Ashes Test against England at the Adelaide Oval on Friday.Australia have made two changes from the drawn Gabba opener with pacemen Doug Bollinger and Ryan Harris coming in for Mitchell Johnson and Ben Hilfenhaus, while England are unchanged.Johnson, Australia's leading active wicket-taker with 166 wickets in 39 Tests, was left out because captain Ricky Ponting said it was felt he was down on form and out of rhythm after going wicketless for 170 runs in the Brisbane Test.

England won the toss and put Australia into bat on the opening day of the fourth Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.England made one change from the team which went down by 267 runs in the third Perth Test with Tim Bresnan replacing leading series wicket-taker Steve Finn.Australia named an unchanged team preferring to go with their four-prong pace attack, meaning there was no room for uncapped left-arm spinner Michael Beer.England captain Andrew Strauss elected to bowl on a greenish-tinged drop-in pitch under cloudy skies.