Stuart Broad equalled the fastest five-wicket haul in Tests as Australia were dismissed for 60 on a remarkable first morning of the fourth Ashes Test.
The Nottinghamshire paceman, 29, took 5-6 with his first 19 balls to become the fifth England bowler to reach 300 Test wickets and finished with 8-15.
His 300th was Chris Rogers, caught at slip from the third ball of the game.
Australia's Ernie Toshack also took 19 balls to claim five wickets against India at the Gabba in 1947.
Broad's haul is the fastest five wickets taken from the start of a Test innings, beating the 25 balls required by South Africa's Vernon Philander to claim five New Zealand wickets at Cape Town in January 2013.
It was England's third best Ashes bowling figures of all time - only beaten by Jim Laker's 9-37 and 10-53 at Old Trafford in 1956.
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