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England go into the second Ashes test in Adelaide tonight full of confidence after their record-breaking performance in last week's opener.

But former test batsman Marcus Trescothick is warning supporters not to expect more huge scores straight away.

He has 100 centuries to his name but Mark Ramprakash might always be seen as the nearly man of English cricket.

With 33,244 first-class runs in a 20 year career, Ramprakash has been one of the heaviest scorers in the domestic game but never hit those heights in the test arena.

The Ashes series is tantalisingly poised at 1-1 as England and Australia head into the final test match at The Oval.

England have to win to reclaim the famous urn and test veteran Mark Butcher is under no illusions about the scale of the task facing them.