Shane Warne, who made a significant contribution to England's collapse on the second morning in Adelaide, is confident that he make even more of an impression as the game progresses.

Talking at the close of the day's play, he said: "On day four or five this wicket is probably the biggest spinning wicket in Australia.

"Hopefully we'll bat well tomorrow, get a good lead and then England could find it difficult in their second innings.

"We probably didn't have as good a day in the field as we would have liked. England had a bit of luck too and Michael Vaughan played very well. But we've come up trumps today. Jason Gillespie bowled wonderfully and six for 47 was a fantastic effort. Then we batted well too.

"It's hard work for the bowlers. They've got to bowl a good length. On a good wicket like this if you don't bowl a good line and length you're going to get hurt."

Warne has come right back to form of late. Commenting on his state of mind he said: "In the last 12 months I've started to fire again and if you're enjoying your cricket that's what it's all about."

England coach Duncan Fletcher was disappointed by the way the batting failed on the second morning. "We got into a good position yesterday to go on and get into the later 400s, but we do have a long tail.

"We've got somebody young and inexperienced like Richard Dawson coming in at number eight and it is unfortunate we didn't get more runs.

"We have a policy whereby we want to be attacking and I think we have done that over the last two years. But they see the situation as it is when they are out there and I am sure they had good reason for not getting the run-rate going.

"They were perhaps considering there is a bit of a tail there with Dawson at eight but possibly on another occasion they will maybe bat more positively."

Fletcher also conceded that the England bowling had not reached the standard for which he would have hoped. "This is area of concern and we are not going to hide. We need to show discipline and bowl in the right areas.

"But it probably did not swing as much as expected. Someone like Matthew Hoggard needs swing and it did not swing.

"The inexperienced bowlers put in a good performance. Richard Dawson should be commended for his, he showed a lot of enthusiasm. Steve Harmison also bowled well. He is an individual who can get two quick wickets and it is pleasing to see."

England's most experienced bowler, Andrew Caddick, was not at his best by a long way but, according to Fletcher, there was a good reason. "Andrew's got a back spasm he picked up this morning in the net session but hopefully he'll be OK tomorrow."

The other major injury concern centres on Michael Vaughan who was hit on the shoulder by Jason Gillespie while batting on the first day and who did not take the field today.

"There could be a slight problem with him batting. At this stage he is struggling just to turn his arm over and is pretty sore still. He couldn't throw a cricket ball at this stage."

While England are hoping that Vaughan will recover with a night's rest, the position with John Crawley is not as optimistic. He missed this match with a bruised hip and he might not have recovered in time for the third Test in Perth.

Fletcher said: "Crawley is struggling with his slight muscle tear and he is not making much progress. We will be keeping an eye on him over the next few days."

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