England declined to enforce the follow-on after dismissing Australia for 215 on the third morning of the second Ashes Test at Lord's in London on Saturday.
Australia, 156 for eight overnight in reply to England's first innings 425, batted brightly with Peter Siddle reaching his highest Test score of 35.
Neither Siddle nor his partner Nathan Hauritz looked unduly troubled by the England pace attack with Stuart Broad bowling a stream of ill-directed bouncers from the Pavilion end.
James Anderson, who started the day with figures of four for 36, was more accurate but was not able to get the late out-swing which troubled all the Australian batsmen on Friday.
Graham Onions took over at the Nursery end and made the breakthrough with his third ball which Hauritz (24) steered to Paul Collingwood at third slip.
Siddle continued to prosper at Broad's expense, guiding one delivery to the third man boundary and hooking another to fine-leg.
He was finally out after batting for more than an hour with five fours when he edged Onions to England captain Andrew Strauss at first slip.
