Draw beckons after Clarke hundred

Matthew Hoggard produced the finest performance of thegame with a sweaty seven-wicket collection as thesecond Test drifted towards a draw

Warne and Hussey sink England

Australia have won the second Test at Adelaide and taken a 2-0 lead in the Ashes, after Shane Warne bounced back to form on a sensational final day to spark a dramatic England collapse

Ponting leads Australian fightback

Ricky Ponting etched another notch in the history books by becoming the most prolific Australian century-maker of all time, as he led his country's fightback on the third afternoon at Adelaide.

England revival in full flow

It has happened again. Down 1-0 after a first-Testthrashing, England have been revived for the secondAshes series in a row by batting first in the nextmatch

England's unwanted records at Adelaide

England wrote themselves into several unwanted record books with a purposeless batting display on the fifth day of the Adelaide Test

The Ever-Ready Bunny

Matthew Hoggard toiled for 42 overs in the first innings, uphill and into the wind for the most part, for the heroic figures of 7 for 109

Former captains savage England

Former England captains reacted with dismay at England's spectacular defeat to Australia in the second Test at Adelaide on Tuesday

England beaten by three phenomenal players

Well that was a rude awakening for England fans on a blustery morning – but what a scintillating performance by Australia

Flintoff shocked after collapse

Andrew Flintoff has admitted that a single hour of madness on the final morning at Adelaide cost his side a share of the second Test at Adelaide

Feeble England ruin series

What a waste. A decent Test series was developing over the first four days but it was ruined by two sessions of England negativity

Magical Warne continues to amaze

Shane Warne's right shoulder and fingers deserve to be aching after he provided the surge for a spectacular Australia win at Adelaide

Ponting and Warne hail greatest win

In the euphoria of Australia's magnificent victory Ricky Ponting and Shane Warne agreed the performance was the best they had seen

Warne hits back

Shane Warne hit back quite magnificently on the last day after being clobbered in the first innings

You may smile at a six, but you'll cry at a seven

Six frames a second of Andrew Flintoff in despair will make you money

Ponting closes in on history

On the back of his second match-winning display of the Ashes series, Ricky Ponting has moved up to joint-third in the all-time ICC player rankings for Test batsmen

What HAS happened at Adelaide

Today the Adelaide Test went from tortuous to worse

Dogs of Warr

It is a bad sign when a bowler’s presence reminds you of another’s absence, as Anderson’s does Simon Jones with every innocuous over

Gilchrist counters the round-the-wicket attack

How Adam Gilchrist coped with England's plan to bowl from round the wicket

Heading for a draw but certainly no bore

England's first objective of this match is almost in the bag. After that chastening series opener at Brisbane, Matthew Hoggard hedged his bets on the eve of the second Test and said that it was important "not to lose"

Maturing Clarke grabs his chance

Michael Clarke has followed the advice he had stencilled on his left forearm during the off-season by seizing his first Ashes century

Coach praises Hoggard and Harmison

Duncan Fletcher believes that England's maverick strike bowler, Steve Harmison, has turned a corner in the second Test after his wayward display last week

Fletcher calms Flintoff injury concern

Duncan Fletcher has allayed fears about the fitness of England's captain, Andrew Flintoff, who bowled just four overs on the fourth morning at Adelaide

Lee fined for over-appealing

A "confused" Brett Lee has been fined 25% of his match fee for over-appealing when he was convinced Steve Bucknor had given Kevin Pietersen out caught behind

The difference between England and Australia

The final day of the second Ashes Test proved that the Australian way of playing is superior to the English

How Hoggard rescued England

Stats highlights from the third day's play at Adelaide

Ever-ready Hoggard keeps England honest

Matthew Hoggard was tired but satisfied with a hard day's toil, as England's bowlers built on the best efforts of their batsmen in the second Test at Adelaide

Australia must sense warning signs

Ricky Ponting's 33rd Test century held Australia together on the fourth day at Adelaide but should hide the concerns about some of the older members of the top order

England's 'good cricket' makes failure worse

England’s good cricket doesn’t redeem its failure; it makes the failure worse.

When Warnie met Nemesis

Hubris, in tragedy, is followed inexorably by Nemesis – the goddess of retribution, whose job it is to take mortals down a peg

Pietersen and Collingwood share the limelight

It could only happen to a man like Paul Collingwood. On the greatest day of his career - arguably even his life - he still found himself being overshadowed by his batting partner, Kevin Pietersen, as the pair fronted up to the media following their 310-ru

Buchanan finds praise for bowlers

John Buchanan's quotes at the end of the second day at Adelaide

Ponting prepared to chase

Ricky Ponting says Australia will chase a target if life is breathed into the remainder of the second Test

Australia's giants drop to their knees

Andrew Miller's verdict on the 2nd day of the 2nd Test between Australia and England at Adelaide

Defiant Fletcher blames batsmen

Duncan Fletcher was in a defiant mood on the morning after England's disastrous defeat in the second Test at Adelaide, insisting that England's batsmen were to blame for the collapse of their Ashes prospects, and not the defensive team selection that had

The Pietersen and Collingwood show

How Pietersen and Collingwood dominated Australia, and in particular Shane Warne

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Shocking selection, stolid batting

Until Duncan Fletcher came along in 1999, the England team had some powerful traditions

Postcards from Adelaide Oval

Operating instructions in the upright urinals beneath the Favell-Dansie Indoor Cricket Centre

A bar-brawl, not a breeze

Andrew Miller on Paul Collingwood's 98 not out

Bell must keep ringing the changes

Peter English's verdict on the 1st day of the 2nd Test between Australia and England at Adelaide

Collingwood and Pietersen make it England's day

England's batsmen produced a day of dogged defiance to haul themselves into a promising position by stumps on the first day of the second Test at Adelaide

Pietersen outwits the master

Gone were the sociable smiles, friendly pats on the back andappreciative nods of each other's vast abilities. Kevin Pietersen andShane Warne were friends-turned-foes at Adelaide today and, most intriguingly of all as far as this series is concerned, Wa

How Pietersen dominated Warne

How Kevin Pietersen dominated Shane Warne on the opening day at Adelaide

Lehmann warns Pietersen about Adelaide Oval

The short square boundaries at Adelaide Oval could bring Kevin Pietersen undone, according to the man who knows the ground better than most, Darren Lehmann

Underused Clark vows to target Collingwood

Stuart Clark was surprisingly under-used by RickyPonting after he had England limping in the firstsession with two early blows

South Park Conservatives

In all, it is a ground on a scale and of a character a little more congenial to English visitors

It's Edgbaston all over again

For 24 more hours at least, the parallels remain. By tomorrow evening, we should have a better idea of how "Ashes: The Sequel" is panning out