AUSTRALIAN captain Steve Smith (L) and team-mate Shaun Marsh walk back to the pavilion at the end of second day’s play.—AFP
Peter Handscomb joined them after tea when he was struck on the back pad and given out leg before wicket to James Anderson for 14 on review.
Earlier, England lost their last six wickets for 56 to fold for 302 all out in their first innings at lunch.
The tourists were looking solid in an 83-run partnership between Malan and Moeen Ali before Malan’s dismissal triggered a clatter of wickets.
Root’s team tumbled from 246 for four to be all out with fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins each taking three wickets and spinner Lyon two.
Ashes debutant Malan, the Middlesex left-hander, uncorked 11 fours in his third Test fifty before he top-edged Starc and was caught by Marsh at deep square leg for 56.
Seven balls later, in the 104th over, Lyon removed all-rounder Moeen lbw for 38, with the dismissal confirmed on review.
Lyon, who was proving a handful with his drift and turn, struck again with the first ball of his next over, bowling Chris Woakes for a duck.
Wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow followed shortly afterwards for nine, as he dollied Cummins to Tim Paine for the gloveman’s first catch after seven years in the Test wilderness.
Ball smacked three fours before he was snapped up by a diving Warner at leg slip off Starc for 14, and Broad was dropped by Marsh before he went for 20 to an outfield catch by Handscomb.
Scoreboard
ENGLAND (1st Innings, overnight 196-4):
A.N. Cook c Handscomb b Starc 2
M.D. Stoneman b Cummins 53
J.M. Vince run out 83
J.E. Root lbw b Cummins 15
D.J. Malan c Marsh b Starc 56
Moeen Ali lbw b Lyon 38
J.M. Bairstow c Paine b Cummins 9
C.R. Woakes b Lyon 0
S.Broad c Handscomb b Hazlewood 20
J.T. Ball c Warner b Starc 14
J.M. Anderson not out 5
EXTRAS (B-5, W-1, NB-1) 7
TOTAL (all out, 116.4 overs) 302
FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-127, 3-145, 4-163, 5-246, 6-249, 7-250, 8-270, 9-286.
BOWLING: Starc 28-4-77-3 (1nb, 1w); Hazlewood 22.4-6-57-1; Cummins 30-8-85-3; Lyon 36-12-78-2.
AUSTRALIA (1st Innings):
C.T. Bancroft c Bairstow b Broad 5
D.A. Warner c Malan b Ball 26
U.T. Khawaja lbw b Moeen 11
S.P.D. Smith not out 64
P.S.P. Handscomb lbw b Anderson 14
S.E. Marsh not out 44
EXTRAS (NB-1) 1
TOTAL (for four wkts, 62 overs) 165
FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-30, 3-59, 4-76.
TO BAT: T.D. Paine, M.A. Starc, P.J. Cummins, J.R. Hazlewood, N.M. Lyon.
BOWLING (to-date): Anderson 15-4-26-1; Broad 10-5-18-1; Moeen Ali 19-6-50-1; Woakes 8-1-31-0; Ball 8-1-35-1 (1nb); Root 2-0-5-0.
Published in Dawn, November 25th, 2017