Melbourne, Dec. 26 -- Fiery bowling spells from Michael Neser and hometown hero Scott Boland helped Australia regain their footing in the Boxing Day Test after a short batting stint, leaving England behind at the end of the first day of the fourth Test at Melbourne, in what was a bowling paradise for both teams.

At the end of the day, Australia was 4/0, with Scott Boland (4*) and Travis Head (0*) unbeaten. England was skittled out for 110 in reply to Australia's first innings total of 152 runs, with Neser (4/45) and Boland (3/30) being at their most unplayable. England trails by 46 runs.

England started the final session of the day with openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley walking out to bat. Duckett, engulfed in off-the-field controvers...