Pacer Jofra Archer took six wickets as England bowled Australia out for 225 on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test on Friday.
Joe Root’s team is desperate to level the series at 2-2 to end their historic World Cup-winning season on a high.
The former Australian skipper Steve Smith has now amassed 751 runs in just six innings — more than double the tally of the next highest run scorer on either side.
But he was forced to settle for his lowest score of the series — 80 — when Chris Woakes trapped him lbw in the evening session.
Australia conceded a first-innings deficit of 69, paceman Archer finishing with figures of 6-62. Sam Curran took three wickets on his return to the side.
