It's carnage at Trent Bridge

England took three wickets with the first eight balls of the match in an extraordinary start to the fourth Ashes Test against Australia at Trent Bridge.

England took three wickets with the first eight balls of the match in an extraordinary start to the fourth Ashes Test against Australia at Trent Bridge.

Published Aug 6, 2015

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Nottingham, England - England took three wickets with the first eight balls of the match in an extraordinary start to the fourth Ashes Test against Australia at Trent Bridge on Thursday.

Fast bowler Stuart Broad claimed his 300th Test victim with the third ball of the morning when he had opener Chris Rogers caught at first slip by captain Alastair Cook for a duck.

Steven Smith, on six, edged the last ball of the first over to Joe Root in the slips and David Warner nicked his second delivery from Mark Wood to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, leaving the touring side in tatters at 10 for three.

Australia captain Michael Clarke, who dropped down the order to number five, walked out to face the ninth delivery of the match.

England, who lead the series 2-1, struck another blow when Shaun Marsh edged Broad to Ian Bell at second slip as Australia slumped to 15-4.

Broad, playing his 83rd Test, became the fifth England bowler to take 300 Test wickets after fellow pacemen James Anderson, Ian Botham, Bob Willis and Fred Trueman.

Anderson, who tops the list with 413 victims, is missing the fourth Test due to a side injury he sustained in the last match in Birmingham.

Broad grabs another wicket - Australia all out for 60. Broad destroyers-in-chief, grabbing eight wickets – Reuters

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