Australia's win at Perth felt like a lifetime ago as they were blown away for 98 on Boxing Day

A week before the Ashes series Ryan Harris didn't expect his body would let him play

Ricky Ponting has told his team to maintain its newly-found high standards after Australia's breakthrough victory ended a five-Test winless streak and squared the Ashes series

Mitchell Johnson has spied the doubts in the eyes of the England batsmen after regaining his powers as one of the game's most potent fast bowlers

Ricky Ponting rates himself "a good chance" to play with his broken little finger on Boxing Day, but won't be too proud to stand down if he's not fit

Peter Siddle and his team-mates are basking in Australia's dramatic turnaround but realise the job of regaining the Ashes is far from complete

The WACA pitch has felt like another planet for most of the batsmen on show in this game, but this stretch of soil is Michael Hussey's home

Plays of the Day from the third day of the third Ashes Test between Australia and England at Perth

Australia's charge towards a series-levelling victory was upset by Ricky Ponting suffering a suspected broken finger that could rule him out of the rest of the campaign

Australia have made a concerted effort to turn up the volume on England and the extra sledging is increasing the tension between the sides

Mitchell Johnson has rated his devastating return of 6 for 38 as better than his career-best haul against South Africa here two summers ago

Plays of the Day from the second day of the third Ashes Test between Australia and England at Perth

England had hitherto known only a docile and inaccurate Mitchell Johnson. After the second day at Perth, they realise just how destructive he can be

Australia's Ashes situation is so perilous that the hosts will look anywhere for a good omen. After another day of being dominated by England, Michael Hussey peered back four years to the WACA match when Australia wrapped up the urn on the way to a 5-0 cl

Ricky Ponting is losing control of everything he desires in cricket. His influence on the side is disappearing and his power over the selectors has waned.

The next five days could determine Ricky Ponting's future but the decision over whether he stays as captain is ultimately out of his hands

Australia are considering unleashing four specialist fast bowlers to soften up England, but first Ricky Ponting has to be convinced the WACA surface will not trick him again

Not for your legspinning or Poms-aggravating skills but for your headline-grabbing ones. Take the heat off your mates, will ya

ESPNcricinfo's preview of the third Ashes Test at the WACA

Steven Smith's all-round skills are so well honed that he's been asked to be the side's funny man in his first Ashes Test