David Warner was removed by James Anderson early on day one at the Oval. Source: Getty Images
AUSTRALIA suffered the now customary top order damage after winning the toss and batting on the first day of the fifth Test at The Oval.
David Warner was caught behind for six fending at a perfectly pitched out-swinger from James Anderson with Australia on 11.
Chris Rogers (9) and Shane Watson (18) had taken Australia to 1-37 midway through the first session, although not before both had survived confident LBW appeals.
In both cases, England wisely chose not to refer the decisions with the replay supporting the "umpire's call".
On another dry, brown pitch at a ground that traditionally favours the spinners, Michael Clarke's correct call should have provided a considerable advantage. Particularly with England naming a dual spin attack.
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England has won each of the three Tests in which it won the toss in this series and Australia was poised for victory at Old Trafford, when rain caused an abandonment.
Australian debutant James Faulkner received his baggy green cap from Shane Warne, an appropriate gesture given Warne has championed the Tasmanian all-rounders cause in the media.
In Warne's self-published ''manifesto'' on Australian cricket, he named Faulkner in his notional Test, one day and Twenty20 teams. The pair were teammates with the Melbourne Stars.
Faulkner and Mitchell Starc came into the Australian team for the Usman Khawaja and Jackson Bird.
In anticipation of spin-friendly conditions, England named the 24 year-old Lancashire left-armer Simon Kerrigan for his debut at the expense of middle order batsman Jonny Bairstow.
Kerrigan is seen as the likely No.2 spinner for tour of Australia behind Graeme Swann given the off-field problems of Monty Panesar, who recently left Sussex after being fined for urinating on a bouncer at a Brighton nightclub.
Paceman Chris Woakes, also on debut, took the place of the injured Tim Bresnan.
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