England made the most of winning the toss and some indifferent bowling by racing to 126 for none at lunch on the opening day of the second Test against Australia at Lord's on Thursday.
Skipper Andrew Strauss was unbeaten on 47 and Alastair Cook (67) reached his 20th Test half-century as England quickly got on top of an Australian attack that lacked any consistency and failed to take advantage of some early cloud cover.
Cook, who endured a disappointing opening test in Cardiff, played himself into form, striking 14 boundaries while Strauss looked rarely troubled and hit eight fours.
Mitchell Johnson, the world's third-ranked bowler, was the worst offender for the Australians, going for 53 from his eight overs and singly failing to find any rhythm on his first appearance for Australia at Lord's.
Andrew Flintoff passed a fitness test and took his place in the England starting XI with the only change from the drawn first test being the return of Durham seamer Graham Onions in place of spinner Monty Panesar. Australia were unchanged.
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