Loss of Anderson big plus for Australia: Harris

England will aim to seal the five-match series after taking a 2-1 lead following an eight-wicket win over title holders Australia in Birmingham.

ENGLAND’S enduring nemesis has warned what is to come before they can expect to reclaim the Ashes.

“It’s on his mind and he knows in his heart that the end is near but like all greats he would like to go out on top”, he said.

“I feel like the one time I got in this series I declared in the second innings at Lord’s, and I need to have another innings like that where I get in”.

It is an error he is unlikely to repeat during the fourth Test, which starts tomorrow at Trent Bridge.

“It would have been nice to have got there at Edgbaston but the chance to achieve it at Trent Bridge is incredibly exciting”, he said.

“They were disappointed and a little embarrassed, I think, by the way they played [at Lord’s]”.

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson, meanwhile, has promised more short-pitched bowling after admitting he failed to back up the stunning two-wicket over that remove Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes on day two at Edgbaston. But Broad insisted the mocking chants, which appeared to get to Johnson, were in fact a compliment.

The 28-year-old was the county’s standout seamer last summer, claiming 106 wickets in all competitions, the most by a Derbyshire bowler since Brian Jackson and Harold Rhodes in 1965.

“We are consistently the most inconsistent side and we have to change that”, Broad said. “You don’t boo someone you’re not interested in do you?”

England’s all-time leading wicket-taker James Anderson, who will miss Nottingham with the side strain he suffered at Edgbaston.

Having shifted up the batting order, he became the first England No. 3 to score two 50s in an Ashes Test since Robin Smith 22 years ago.

In an article written for The Telegraph, McGrath identified an element of the Australian’s game that lead to their demise.

England misplaced Alastair Prepare dinner (7) and Adam Lyth (12) to set a couple of nerves on edge however Bell, dropped on 20 by Australia captain Michael Clarke, made his second 50 of the match to spark raucous celebrations after Root hit the profitable runs.

“Some of the Australians will be under pressure, as we were in this game, and we hope we will be able to build on that pressure in the next match and not let them up off the floor”, he said.

“Michael Clarke needs runs but I just can not see Australia changing the captain midway through a series”.

“He is such a key player for them, but it has been going well for us so far”.

Now that his 300th scalp is out of the way, Johnson has lined up his next target – a former teammate and idol.

He said: “We didn’t bowl in partnerships”.

He shouldn’t be too concerned with that and, hopefully, he can take confidence from playing in the game with a winning England team into the next Test. There was not much he could have done about that ball.