England face huge task

ENGLAND have just three days to come up with some answers after a crushing 277-run loss to Australia in the opening Ashes cricket Test at the Gabba yesterday.

The tourists’ grip on the famous urn has been weakened a little after Australia’s dominant performance in the first of five Tests, amassing a total of 804 runs in two declarations and bowling the tourists out twice to wrap up victory in Monday’s morning session.

Andrew Flintoff’s team head to Adelaide for Friday’s second match of the contest looking to overcome a number of problems, the most pressing being the out-of-synch bowling of pace spearhead Steve Harmison.