Anderson's effort hailed by Hussain

England captain Nasser Hussain was thrilled with young fast bowler James Anderson's performance in the extreme heat of the Adelaide Oval.

"He was brilliant," Hussain told Sky Sports. "For a young lad to bowl like that against that line-up, to bowl five maidens on the trot, was brilliant. I'm not really worried about the figures, it's the line he bowled. It's something we've lacked.

"He's got a very simple up-and-down action and got a good slower ball. It's nice to see. He's a good, quiet young lad and one for the future.

"I'm pretty pleased with most of the game. The only thing we got wrong was we did not read the wicket well. We should have realised 200 was a good score but to be fair it looked similar to the other day when 260-270 was a good score. But apart from reading the wicket poorly our cricket was okay today."

Hussain also singled out Collingwood, who made an unbeaten 63 to bolster England's flagging innings, for praise.

"He has played well on various parts of this tour. There is something special about him. He bats and fields well and takes the odd wicket. It was he when he came off there that said we were right in there with a shout.

"I have to be honest, we're all a bit jaded, especially the boys who have been here for the Test matches. But we've got big games ahead. Every game is a big game now because next is the World Cup."

Anderson himself admitted he was affected by the extreme Adelaide heat after clocking the most economical one-day figures for an England bowler in more than a decade. It was the best return for England since Ian Botham took two for 12 against Pakistan on the same ground in the 1992 World Cup.

"I felt a bit tired and a bit dizzy," Anderson said. "I was feeling a little bit ill towards the end of my spell with the heat, but I am happy with the way I bowled.

"I am really happy with the way things went today and with how I've bowled during the whole series and to return those figures against the Australians is great. We've come close to beating Australia a couple of times and now maybe we will shock a few people."

Australia's stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist admitted Australia had not found the game easy.

"These were tricky conditions," he said. "I think England found that out when they batted and the astute judges would have noticed that the wicket was very slow. It was difficult and England applied themselves very well.

"The first thing I said was, `make sure we win the game, make sure we make a positive start against the new ball' but Caddick and Anderson bowled immaculate spells, they were very tight and exploited the conditions very well.

"The finals are going to be a challenge, but the comforting thing for us is we've played them four times and we've beaten them in all of those matches."