ADELAIDE — Captain Michael Clarke Wednesday told his Australian team not to gloat after its emphatic first Ashes Test victory over England, and focus on winning again in the second match in Adelaide. The Australians trounced the Ashes holder by 381 runs in the opening clash at the Gabba for its first Test win over England in almost three years to make the early running in the five-Test series. Skipper Alastair Cook admitted his England side was “totally outplayed” in Brisbane, but Clarke urged his team to stay grounded heading into what is shaping up as a crucial Test in the series Thursday. England fought back to draw the opening Test of the corresponding series in Brisbane three years ago before thumping Australia by an innings and 71 runs in Adelaide and going on to take the series 3-1. Clarke said the Australia side was a long way from being the team it wanted to be. “I'm excited by the way we played in Brisbane. But, if you look at our results over the past 12 months, we have no reason to brag, or gloat or be over the top,” he told reporters. “We've got a lot of work to do. Every single player, their feet are well and truly on the ground. “Our celebration after Brisbane wasn't anything like I've seen Australian teams celebrate when we've had big wins like that. “I think that's because everybody knows we're a long way from being the team we want to be. It's only one Test win and we've got some work to do in this second Test and throughout the series.” Clarke named an unchanged team for Adelaide, the first time he has been able to do so since the corresponding match last summer against South Africa. “We looked at the wicket and thought about the extra bowling option with James Faulkner in the team,” he said. “But having Wato (Shane Watson) there, who is back to 100 percent fit, and capable of bowling in both innings is a real positive for the team. Clarke vowed to maintain the same hard-nosed approach that Australia used to damaging effect against England at the Gabba. The skipper was fined 20 percent of his match fee for threatening England tailender James Anderson with a broken arm in the first Test, while Cook was upset at opening batsman David Warner calling his team frightened, singling out batsman Jonathan Trott as “weak.” Meanwhile, England will let their cricket do the talking after engaging in some “ugly” verbal exchanges with Australia in Brisbane, captain Alastair Cook said . “I think it's important that both sides recognize that a couple of scenes in that last Test weren't great for the game of cricket,” he told reporters. “It's important that we play in the right way. I think people what to see real tough cricket, that's what they enjoy, especially between England and Australia, but there's got to be a boundary that we don't cross. “Maybe last week we let emotion get ahead of ourselves a little bit on some occasions and it got a little bit ugly. Obviously Michael and I have a responsibility as captains of both sides to make sure that doesn't happen.” Far more than taking on a team, England's campaign to win a fourth consecutive Ashes series has at times felt like a battle against an entire nation, with unsympathetic crowds and an orchestrated media campaign joining forces. “Obviously you let your cricket do the talking,” Cook said.— Agencies
