England's makeshift bowling attack was utterly unrecognisable from the beginning of the tour, and included five men with 26 one-day wickets between them. To ask them to contain a batting line-up as rampant as Australia's was a tall order, and unsurprisingly, they failed. Their biggest stumbling block, as many more experienced attacks have discovered over the years, was Adam Gilchrist. Ricky Ponting played his part - and some - in an Australian all-time record partnership of 225, but against the left-handed Gilchrist, the bowlers were truly at a loss for a plan. As our graph shows, England's line against Gilchrist was erratic, with a third of their deliveries (35 out of 104) sliding onto his leg stump.

Against the right-handed Ponting, the bowlers were able to maintain some semblance of control, with 71% of their deliveries (87 out of 123) pitching outside off stump. Even so, it hardly made a difference. Ponting still scored 78 runs from those deliveries. Sometimes, the gulf in class and experience is just too great.

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