Ashes: Broad takes 6 wickets; Australia out for 295

Brisbane: England paceman Stuart Broad took his sixth wicket before Brad Haddin ran himself out for 94 on Friday to finish off Australia’s first innings at 295 on the second morning of the series-opening Ashes test.

Australia resumed at 273-8 and only added nine runs before Ryan Harris (9) was caught behind off Broad, who took a five-wicket haul on the opening day and returned 6-81 for the innings. [caption id=“attachment_1243105” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Ashes Day One. Reuters image[/caption] Australia’s innings were done within eight overs of play resuming when Haddin, after a belligerent 153-ball innings, prodded toward cover and was well out of his ground attempting a second when Michael Carberry threw to Matt Prior. Haddin, who went to the crease with Australia reeling at 100-5 and was involved in a 114-run salvaging operation with Mitchell Johnson (64) for the seventh wicket, kept sprinting toward the dressing rooms without looking back to prepare to keep wickets in the England innings. Broad did the early damage on the opening day, taking the first four wickets to tumble as Australia slid from 71-1 to 83-4 just after winning the toss and batting first. He was painted as the pantomime villain in the local media and lived up to that billing from his second over, when he had opener Chris Rogers out for one. Broad then dismissed Shane Watson (22) just before lunch and Michael Clarke (1), caught off a short-pitch ball, just after the first interval. David Warner made a good start for Australia but mistimed a shot to Broad and was out for 49. Coming of a 3-0 series win at home three months ago, England is in Australia aiming for a fourth consecutive Ashes series win, something it hasn’t achieved since the 1800s. Australia hasn’t won any of its last nine tests. AP