Australia top order fails again in fourth Test against India AUSTRALIA has learnt nothing, its top order putting in the worst first innings performance of this woeful tour. The visitors are 7-153 at tea with Steve Smith 25no and Peter Siddle 5no. Having lost Michael Clarke before play, the side anointed prodigal son Shane Watson as captain and he duly won the toss on a pitch that is expected to be the worst of the series. The batsmen did will to reach 2-106 in the overs after lunch, but lost 5-30 in the next period to lay waste to any hope of posting a competitive total. Phil Hughes (45) looked to have mastered Indian conditions when he drove Ishant Sharma on the up in the 21st over for his 10th four, but two balls later was put in his place by a delivery that rose sharply and smashed into the grill of his helmet. The gritty left-hander laughed off the incident but was bowled off the last ball of the over by a delivery that cut off the wicket, collected the inside edge of his bat and bowled him. Earlier David Warner (0) lasted four deliveries in the morning, chasing a wide ball outside off stump from Sharma to be caught at slip. He spent the rest of the session sitting stony faced on the balcony. Ed Cowan got to 38 and was looking to fulfil his promise to bat for a long period but was bowled attempting to sweep Ravi Ashwin. Warner and Hughes fell in a similar manner earlier in the tour so the opener cannot say he was not warned. His dismissal set in train the collapse. Acting skipper Shane Watson had come in after Hughes' dismissal and got to 17 before running down the wicket to Ravi Jadeja and being stumped while miles out of his ground. Matthew Wade (2) got a poor decision, but Glenn Maxwell (10) played a poor shot soon after that. Having been recalled to replace Moises Henriques, the batsman-spinner hit a six, a four and a catch in a 16-ball cameo. Mitchell Johnson then failed to read the other one from Ashwin and was gone for 3 in his first match of the series. Australia could have been in more trouble if Watson had been given out to a controversial appeal/review just before lunch. Wicket keeper MS Dhoni took the ball and removed the bails but appealed to Richard Kettleborough at the bowler's end. Pragyan Ojha was the bowler. When the umpire gave no reaction Dhoni appealed to square leg and told the umpire to go upstairs for a review of the stumping. It was incredibly close on replay and despite numerous replays the third umpire could find no reason to dismiss Watson. There is no DRS in this series, but the umpires can themselves call for reviews of catches, run outs and stumpings. Australia has made wholesale changes for the game, Watson in for Clarke, Maxwell in for Henriques, Xavier Doherty dropped and two seamers, Johnson and James Pattinson called in. Mitchell Starc played in the third match but has flown home for surgery and Wade has reclaimed his place from Brad Haddin after recovering from a sprained ankle. Australia is facing its first 4-0 loss since 1969 in South Africa.