It's a great opportunity for us to have a real good look at your guys and it will give us confidence if we can win. We must beat Australia at their game and I know I'm capable of leading the side to victory.

Incredible. We'd struggle to repeat a match like that. I think it compares with the tied Test between Australia and the West Indies at Adelaide as one of the greatest matches in cricket history.

For the first time in a while, Australia is seeing a competitive series at home. Everyone has taken to it. Everyone is lifting their game. There's always a lot of heat on the ground. There's always going to be tense moments and maybe heated moments, but I think that's what people would rather watch than a tame game.

What's disappointing is that we had opportunities to win the game. But their batsmen made the most of their opportunities and credit to them. It took nine days of Test cricket for someone to really win a day. And that was yesterday, which Australia won.