Strauss hails historic win

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England channelled the momentum of the rearguard action in Cardiff last week into the second npower Test and completed their first win over Australia at the ground in 75 years with a 115-run triumph.

"It was pretty much the ideal response," said Strauss. "It was important we came out and started the game well."

He added: "We'd been given that little bit of momentum from the way the guys played that final day in Cardiff and we needed to build on that.

"We came out well and put the Aussies under pressure for the first three-and-a-half days, but as is always a case in an Ashes Test they come back at you at some stage.

"To go 1-0 up in the series is all you can ask for and if we can continue playing that brand of consistent, positive cricket then we'll put them under pressure again and then it's just a case of us taking our chances."

With five wickets required on the fifth day to seal a 1-0 lead in the five-match campaign, Flintoff capped a splendid team display with a spell of 10-1-43-3.

Off-spinner Graeme Swann claimed the other two wickets to fall, to snuff out lingering hopes of Australia setting a new world-record Test chase of 522.