Aussies tie down English and pick up three wickets

Persistent Australian bowling tied down England and picked up three wickets on the opening day of the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne on Thursday.
Before a huge Boxing Day festive crowd at the MCG, Ryan Harris led the home side's attack to have the beleaguered tourists under pressure after being sent into bat.
The Australians' tight bowling line restricted the English scoring and picked the wickets of opener Michael Carberry and Joe Root in the middle session.
At tea, the tourists were 135 for three off 54 overs with Kevin Pietersen on 20 off 57 balls and Ian Bell not out 11 from 35 balls.

Pietersen, who took 12 balls to get off the mark, had some luck on six when he was caught by fielding substitute Nathan Coulter-Nile at deep backward square leg off Harris.
But Coulter-Nile was unable to stay within the field of play in taking the catch and Pietersen was awarded a six.

Carberry shouldered arms and lost his off-stump to a Shane Watson inswinger to waste another good start and be out for 38.
Carberry, who was dropped in the slips on two, had done all the hard work and was beaten by a terrific movement off the pitch from Watson in the 34th over of the innings.

It was the third time allrounder Watson had snared Carberry's wicket in this series and in nine Test innings Carberry has been out six times between 30 and 43.
Harris removed Root with an outswinger, enticing an edge to 'keeper Brad Haddin for 24 in the 43rd over.