With England tottering at 87/5, Alec Stewart and Andrew Flintoff
(seen in pic) set about a rebuilding task that was vital if their
team were to even get close to a defendable total. It required
all Stewart's experience and Flintoff's newly found
responsibility to settle things down and they profited from the
fact that Australian captain Ricky Ponting was forced to rest the
immaculate Bichel and employ some lesser bowlers. The partnership
between Flintoff (45, 80 balls, three fours, one six) and Stewart
(46, 92 balls, one four) realised 90 runs for the sixth wicket.