Australia Day yet again

England crashed to their most humiliating defeat of a miserable tour Down Under after capitulating for a sorry 110 in Adelaide.

They chose Australia Day to nosedive to their lowest ebb of the three-month trip - dismissed in just 34.3 overs and barely stretching the contest into the second half.

Australia were almost halfway to their target, at 54 for one, by the interval and finished the most one-sided encounter between the sides this winter before the floodlights took effect. Their nine-wicket success was sealed in the 25th over, with captain Ricky Ponting scoring the winning runs.

England's solitary success was a result of a mix-up between Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden which saw the former run out.

The earlier collapse followed a similarly woeful display with the bat against New Zealand on the same surface on Tuesday when Andrew Flintoff's men were bundled out for 120.

It was an astonishing collapse after Flintoff won the toss, with the top half-a-dozen batsmen all out trying to force shots.

They lost their final eight wickets for a paltry 38 runs inside 19 overs - against an attack lacking Glenn McGrath and Nathan Bracken, who were both rested.

Ian Bell top-scored for the tourists with 35 before he cut a short ball from Stuart Clark straight to point.