England rolled for 110 on chaotic day in Melbourne

England rolled for 110 on chaotic day in Melbourne Australia pile on pressure to cause early England collapse Published Fourth Ashes Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground (day one of five) Australia 152: Neser 35; Tongue 5-45 & 4-0 England 110: Brook 41; Neser 4-45, Boland 3-30 Australia lead by 46 runs England's Ashes tour teetered on another crisis as they were bowled out for 110 by Australia on an almost farcical first day of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The 20 wickets to fall is the most on the opening day of an Ashes Test since 1909 and surpassed the 19 of the first day of the first Test of this series in Perth. Steve Smith, standing-in as Australia captain, said the 10mm long grass on the pitch would mean batters had to be "on their game" in the Boxing Day Test. Smith was right. His side were hustled out for 152, then England were decimated in a single session after tea. There was still time for Australia to face one over of their second innings before the close, only the third time in Test history the third innings of the match has begun on day one. The hosts are 4-0, leading by 46 runs. Perth was the first two-day Ashes Test in 104 years. Melbourne could be the second in the space of five weeks. The havoc of the evening made England's improved performance with ball and in the field a distant memory. Pace bowler Josh Tongue was excellent in claiming 5-45. But England were bowling again before the end of the day as their batting was flattened in 29.5 overs. England were 8-3 and 16-4. Harry Brook's dance, swipe and miss at Mitchell Starc from his first ball seemed witless in the moment, yet it was Brook's audacity that kept England from a complete implosion. Brook swatted 41, including two sixes. Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson were the only other men to reach double figures. Michael Neser claimed four wickets, Scott Boland three, with the silliness of the day summed up by Boland then opening the batting as nightwatchman. Christmas chaos at the G 'He's trapped lbw!' - Boland dismisses Brook for 41 After England's surrender of the Ashes inside three Tests was followed by reports of excessive drinking on their trip to Noosa, the tourists would have hoped a return to playing cricket would bring some Christmas respite to an awful tour. For two sessions, England looked like getting their best day of the series, only to be rolled over in an evening of cricketing chaos. This was their lowest total and shortest completed innings since captain Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum took charge more than three years ago. The notion of a dead rubber did nothing to dampen the spirit of an Australian Christmas tradition. If anything, the promise of more English pain boosted the Boxing Day crowd to 94,199 - a record for a cricket match in Melbourne. The atmosphere at the beginning...

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