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Perth: Australia went to stumps at 6 for 326 on the first day of the third Ashes Test against England in Perth on Friday.
Steve Smith was unbeaten on 103 and Mitchell Johnson was on 39. Australia are 2-0 up in the five-match series.
Steve Smith has scored a fighting century to steer Australia away from a damaging collapse on day one of the third Commonwealth Bank Ashes Test.
Smith has struck 13 fours and two sixes off 191 deliveries. He added 124-runs for sixth wicket with wicket-keeper batsman Brad Haddin (55).
Haddin has struck five boundaries and two sixes in 100-ball knock, before caught by James Anderson on Ben Stokes
Vice-captain Haddin has been a counter-attacking cornerstone of Australia's Ashes campaign with knocks of 94, 53 and 118 in the first two Tests.
Australia were 3-107 at lunch after choosing to bat first on a bouncy Perth pitch with temperatures in the high 30s.
Chris Rogers (11), Shane Watson (18) and 100-Test veteran Michael Clarke (24) fell in the opening session.
Clarke was caught at short midwicket as spinner Graeme Swann made a crucial breakthrough in the second-last over before lunch. The Aussie skipper had been in sparkling touch with centuries in the Brisbane and Adelaide Tests.
Swann, who had taken four wickets in two Tests in a modest start to the series, struck again with the score on 129 when David Warner (60 off 77 balls) played a disappointing cut shot to backward point.
Warner hit eight fours and one six but was unable to register his fifth Test century and second at the WACA as he fell victim to Swann's extra bounce.
Stuart Broad peppered George Bailey (seven) with three consecutive bouncers, the third of which was top-edged to deep backward square leg in another poor dismissal.
For Bailey, who's averaging 24.25 in the series, it was an embarrassing defeat. The right-hander can expect more bouncers in the second innings.
Swann and Broad have taken two wickets each.
Brief scores
Australia 6 for 326 (Smith 103*, Warner 60, Haddin 55)
