Paul Collingwood and the England tail took the plaudits as the hosts salvaged a draw in Cardiff.
Skysports.com picks out the highlights from day five
England batted out 98 overs on the final day in Cardiff to ensure the first Ashes Test ended in a stalemate.
It was, however, far from straightforward as Paul Collingwood and the tail produced a superb effort to reach stumps at 252-9 in their second innings, an overall lead of just 13 runs.
Collingwood's 74 dragged his side away from the depths of 70-5, still 169 behind, during the morning session.
But the Durham batsman's departure late in the evening session left last-wicket duo James Anderson and Monty Panesar to survive the final 69 deliveries, a task they achieved with aplomb.
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skysports.com has picked out some of the highlights, and lowlights, in our plays of the day. To have YOUR SAY on our selections fill in the feedback form at the bottom of the page...
Player - Paul Collingwood
Collingwood has long been regarded as the perfect man for a crisis in England's middle-order.
His blue collar mode of batting has often led to unflattering comparisons with some of his more flashy top-order colleagues.
But his 245-ball innings on Sunday was arguably his finest in an England shirt and without his resistance the game would probably have been over by tea.
His shot selection, eschewing all risk, provided a model for his less acccomplished lower order partners to follow - a challenge that, to a man, they rose to.
Shot - Jimmy leads the way
With grinding the order of the day for England's batsmen, there were few candidates for shot of the day.
Number 10 James Anderson, who finished 21 not out, played some of the most important strokes following Collingwood's dismissal.
The Lancashire paceman's guide down to the third-man boundary off Peter Siddle is our selection - it might have been a bit of a streaky edge but it took England back into the lead and inched the draw ever closer.
Stat - Snail pace
Collingwood's 167-ball half-century was the slowest by an England player since Nasser Hussain's effort in the first innings against West Indies at Port-of-Spain in March 2004.
Catch - Ponting pounces
Ricky Ponting, one of the great all-round fielders, produced a fine low catch at second slip to get rid of Andrew Flintoff.
The Tasmanian reached forward as the ball died in front of him and just managed to get his hands in position to complete the catch.
Flintoff waited for confirmation that it had carried and, once Ponting gave him the nod, was straight on his way.
Daily debate - Do England have a Lord's prayer?
The fact that England are leaving Cardiff with a draw should not be allowed to detract from a below-par display.
They were outplayed by Australia in every department, even the tourists much maligned spinner Nathan Hauritz outbowled his opposite numbers Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar.
The inability of England's batsmen to turn their first innings starts into big scores was in stark contrast to Australia - who had four centurions on the card as they ruthlessly piled up 674-6 in reply.
Do England need to make personnel changes for Lord's? Or is it a change in attitude that is called for?
