Ruthless Aussies take Ashes lead

Australia's players celebrate their victory in the first Ashes Test. Source: Getty Images

Australia have destroyed England by 381 runs to go one-nil up in the Ashes. Mitchell Johnson led the charge with 9 wickets for the match, as the Aussies took a giant step in their bid to win back the urn.

AUSTRALIA has won a spiteful first Ashes Test amid claims from England captain Alastair Cook their hosts had disrespected them.

Michael Clarke's men defined ruthlessness as they inflicted a 381-run four-day win.

Clarke even telling England number 11 James Anderson to "Get ready for a broken f***** arm" as Mitchell Johnson began his final spell.

Umpires were forced to calm proceedings as the sun set on a brilliant Test for Australia.

Clarke and Anderson have a heated history and Clarke admitted he felt Anderson enjoyed the art of sledging.

Despite two thunderstorms in the afternoon robbing more than two hours of play, Australia choked the life out of England with a short-ball barrage to bowl them out for 179 at the Gabba.

Australia's first Test win since January followed a 4-0 loss to India and a 3-0 loss to England this year.

Now England's players are in the selection firing line after they failed to make a dent in the fourth innings target of 561.

Michael Clarke tells Jimmy Anderson to face up against Mitchell Johnson. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images

While David Warner singled out Jonathan Trott as the "weak" link on day three, several members of England's top order were reduced to shadows of their talent on day four.

Warner's claim that Trott's second innings dismissal was "pretty poor, pretty weak" and that England had "scared eyes" drew a sharp response from captain Cook post-match.

"I think the comment last night by David Warner was pretty disrespectful, to any professional cricketer really," he said.

"On the pitch it is pretty much a war.

The Ashes can be a heated contest and it was on display late on Day 4 of the first test match as Australian captain Michael Clarke had some choice words for England's Jimmy Anderson.

"There will always be a few words on the pitch and that's fine."

Clarke was adamant lines had not been crossed with the vicious sledging, some of which was clearly audible to television audiences through stump cam.

"It's tough hard fought cricket. From our point of view we've still utmost respect because England are a good team," Clarke said.

Brendon Julian and Stuart MacGill cast their eyes over all the action from the first day's play of the opening Ashes Test at the Gabba.

"There is always banter on the field. I cop as much as I give that's for sure.

"I've heard a lot worse on the cricket field than anyone in the Australian or English teams said in this Test match."

On day two, England lost six wickets for nine runs.

On day four, England lost four wickets for nine runs.

Predictably, their batsmen were easily distracted from the task at hand in their final innings.

Their quick loss of wickets began two overs after a 90-minute rain break.

Their shot selection erratic as Brisbane's weather.

Matt Prior hit an innocuous Nathan Lyon off-spinner straight to leg slip as if he was unaware a fielder was there.

Mitchell Johnson takes the match-winning catch. AFP PHOTO / Patrick Hamilton Source: AFP

Stuart Broad (out for four) and Graeme Swann (out for a duck) lasted for a combined four deliveries as Johnson intimidated them into submission.

Earlier Kevin Pietersen (out for 26) attempted to pull a Johnson short ball, which Trott should have advised him against, but only skied it to super sub Chris Sabburg at deep backward square leg.

Johnson finished the Test with nine wickets, including a second innings bag of five victims.

Only Cook made a half century for the mother country this Test.

The England captain's stoic knock proving batting was not impossible on this fast Gabba deck before he fell to Nathan Lyon for 65.

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