England

Andrew Strauss Being bounced out, as he was in the first innings, is never good for an opener. Strange tactic to use Stuart Broad rather than Andrew Flintoff as first line of attack. 4

Alastair Cook Two low scores and Australia will feel they exposed a technical issue when he played across his pad to fall leg-before to Johnson in the second innings. 3

Ravi Bopara No, Australia aren't West Indies. His run of three successive hundreds came to a halt in a jittery first innings and an all-too-short second. 3

Kevin Pietersen His first-innings paddle against Nathan Hauritz is a stain on his reputation that will take some removing and he batted yesterday as though his mind is scrambled. 5

Paul Collingwood Underlined his reputation as a backs-to-the-wall competitor with a second half-century of the game. 9

Matt Prior Some very classy shots first time around before being bowled through the gate, but looked as though he was batting to set up a declaration yesterday. 5

Andrew Flintoff Only one wicket to show for his performance as England's best bowler and his poor first-innings dismissal was a turning point. 6

Stuart Broad Little threat with the new ball or control with the old one. 4

Graeme Swann Two hugely important innings from the lower order, but he disappointed in his main task, with the ball. 6

James Anderson Dangerous when he found swing with the second new ball but had no plan B when it went through straight, which was a lot of the time. Plucky efforts with the bat. 5

Monty Panesar As Strauss said in the build-up: “He's Monty, isn't he?” Signs of confidence returning with the ball and his reputation as a crowd favourite enhanced by batting defiance. 6

Australia

Simon Katich Showed how there is more to aggressive batting than trying to smash the ball around the park. Nobody put a higher value on his wicket. 9

Phillip Hughes If he gets anything pitched in his own half for the rest of the series, it will be because bowlers are setting him up for the short one. 4

Ricky Ponting The “bit” because he was the best of the century-makers and pulled off some inspired moments of captaincy. 9 and a bit

Mike Hussey Feet never got moving and might be starting to worry about his place if Australia had a fit reserve batsman in the squad. Sound in the gully. 2

Michael Clarke Dealt with spin easily and had so much time to play his shots. Seemed certain to go to his hundred when he gloved a hook against Broad. 7

Marcus North Checked the closest thing to an England fightback on Friday and played tightly for his second hundred in three Tests. 9

Brad Haddin Similarities with Adam Gilchrist in his hundred from No7, which took the game away from England. Good first-innings catch to remove Collingwood. 9

Mitchell Johnson Figures look reasonable on the scorecard but still struggling to find swing and bowled poorly with the second new ball when Australia needed him yesterday afternoon. 6

Nathan Hauritz The best of the spin bowlers, intelligently using flight and changes of pace, but could not quite bowl his side to victory. 7

Peter Siddle Strong, aggressive and wholehearted, descriptions as a milder version of Merv Hughes are easy to understand. Performed a decent role as third seam bowler. 7

Ben Hilfenhaus A surprise choice ahead of Stuart Clark, he was the pick of the Australia pace attack, swinging the ball away and generally keeping things under control. 8