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England suffered a monumental collapse at the Gabba on day Two of the first Test as Australia took charge of the Ashes opener.
The tourists had dismissed Australia for 295 within the first hour of play, with the hosts adding just 22 to their overnight total.
England appeared to have the advantage on a pitch that looked made for batting but opening pair Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott were both dismissed fairly cheaply, with Mitchell Johnson taking both wickets.
England then collapsed from 82-2 to 136 all out and now face a huge challenge to avoid defeat in the opening Test of the series.
England lost six wickets for nine runs in a disastrous 10 overs for Cook's side.
Mitchell Johnson (4-61) was in excellent form for Australia as he decimated England's top order, while Ryan Harris (3-28) capitalised on some sloppy batting errors.
Kevin Pietersen, playing in his 100th Test, managed just 18 runs when he was caught out by George Bailey from a Harris delivery.
Michael Carberry managed 40 for the tourists but that was as good as it got or England, despite a 32 late on for Stuart Broad.
Broad and Chris Tremlett (10)were dismissedafter tea, leaving England trailing by 159 runs.
Chris Rogers (13) and David Warner (45) led Australia to 65-0 before play came to a close for the day to give the hosts a 224 run lead.
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