Ashes: Second Test, Day 1
Match report | Scorecard
Australia kept chipping away in the final session to take the last six wickets for 117.
Shane Warne cleaned up the tail to take four for 116. The last two wickets put on 59 runs as England were bowled out for 407.
It was England's best score on the first day of a Test against any opposition since the Second World War. They scored at more than five an over throughout, their batsmen hitting 10 sixes and 54 fours in 79.2 overs.
Australia looked set for a tricky 20 minutes batting before the close only for rain to end play early.