England

Andrew Strauss 9/10
Set up the England innings with a captain’s hundred and the decision not to enforce the follow-on ensured that his side batted in favourable conditions and left an impossible target

Alastair Cook 7
Came through a few nervous moments early on but helped Strauss to dominate Mitchell Johnson on the first morning. Still needs to convert more fifties into hundreds

Ravi Bopara 4
Slow tempo to his second innings showed his concerns. He may be better suited to a lower position in the order, but remains in credit after West Indies hundreds

Kevin Pietersen 5
Australia exploited a chink in the first innings with a full-length ball. Only Pietersen will know the extent of his Achilles problem, which looks a concern from afar

Paul Collingwood 7
An annoyed Strauss named him as the only England batsman to give his wicket away in the first innings, though Collingwood injected momentum on Saturday afternoon

Matthew Prior 6
Perfect man to come in second time around with quick runs needed, but was bowled through the gate for the second time in the series in the first innings. Keeping remains inconsistent

Andrew Flintoff 9
May have received a bit of help from umpires, but set the tone for England’s bowling efforts on Sunday morning and then again today. A man on a mission

Stuart Broad 6
More useful in a lesser role as first-change bowler, allowing Flintoff to take the new ball. Kept things tight for the most part to maintain pressure on Australia

Graeme Swann 7
Gives Strauss an attacking spin option rather that the containing job of Ashley Giles four years ago. Again turned the ball with a bit of guile in variations of pace and flight

James Anderson 8
Australia never recovered after he took four top six wickets on Friday, though surprisingly he was not the same force in the second innings

Graham Onions 5
Chipped in with three first-innings wickets, but was handicapped by an elbow injury later in the game and may be vulnerable with Stephen Harmison challenging for his place

Australia

Simon Katich 5
His dismissal in the first innings hooking when pretty well set was the turning point in the game, setting Australia’s collapse in match-losing motion

Phil Hughes 3
The boy wonder again looked anything but as England again exploited difficulties against the short ball. More important, Hughes knows that England know his weakness

Ricky Ponting 4
Things could probably have gone worse for the Australia captain, but it is hard to imagine how. England, the umpires and the crowd - everyone was against him

Mike Hussey 5
Found a bit of form in the first innings before a dreadful misjudgment and suffered a poor decision on Sunday that he accepted with commendable good grace

Michael Clarke 9
Gave Australia a sniff of a chance with a light-footed innings of rare style and timing; his cover driving will not be bettered all series

Marcus North 3
Followed his hundred at Cardiff with a pair of failures and his biggest contribution was to fill in for a few overs of spin when Hauritz was off receiving treatment

Brad Haddin 7
Spirited rearguard alongside Clarke on Sunday afternoon but culpable in the first innings and kept wicket nervously on his first Test appearance at Lord’s

Mitchell Johnson 3
As his left arm got lower so did his prospects of seeing out the series. England have targeted him in the same way they looked to take on Jason Gillespie in 2005

Nathan Hauritz 6
Responded bravely after dislocating a finger on the first day - it was sustained dropping Strauss on 52, mind - and turned the ball in England’s second innings

Peter Siddle 5
Bustling and wholehearted again, and deserved the bits and bobs that came his way without looking as though he will run through the England batting during the series

Ben Hilfenhaus 7
Again Australia’s best bowler, he kept things relatively tight on the first morning and then exploited conditions when they were more favourable