145;It146;s like Oz had three Hadlees146;

8216;8216;Some of their bowling during the Test matches was superb. It was like having three Richard Hadlees and the greatest leg spinner of all Shane Warne.

8220;But at some stage there has to be a group of players out there who can match this side, or the age and attrition of this team will cause them to fall by the wayside. Then again it is the ability of the young players like Michael Clarke they have coming through is quite daunting.8217;8217;

Fleming said England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and fast bowler Steve Harmison had emerged as world-class cricketers. 8216;8216;England are going to have to play extremely well if they are going to compete against Australia, but they do have the personnel to do that,8217;8217; Fleming said.

Australia have held the Ashes since 1989.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting said his players were constantly striving to better themselves. Only two of the team who completed a 213-run victory over New Zealand in the second Test on Tuesday, Ponting and Clarke, are under 30.

8216;8216;We can keep improving. As long as we keep trying to improve ourselves as individual players every day, then there are no limits for this team,8217;8217; the 29-year-old Ponting told reporters. 8216;8216;The guys are very motivated.8217;8217;

Ponting took over as captain after Steve Waugh retired in January. Australia8217;s only Test match defeat this year came in their 2-1 series victory in India last month. 8216;8216;We were challenged in India. That was a very hard tour for us and that was only a few weeks ago,8217;8217; Ponting said.

8216;8216;We have had things pretty much our own way here for this Test match but Pakistan are a very good side, a lot different side to what New Zealand have here. We will gear everything around being right for the first day of the first Test in Perth.8217;8217; Reuters

BRIEF SCORES

Australia: 575 for 8 decl 038; 139 for 2 decl beat New Zealand: 251 038; 250 all out D Vettori 59, J Oram 40, N Astle 38; G McGrath 2/32, M Kasprowicz 2/39, J Gillespie 2/41

8226; We planned this game really well and we8217;ve come away with another great win. The way we were able to build pressure and maintain pressure on a very good batting wicket was something very special in itself. Our batting was pretty relentless as well. To post that big first innings, New Zealand were never in the game from then on
8212; Ricky Ponting

8226; It was a comprehensive display from Australia, one of the better displays throughout a series that I8217;ve seen. Some of their bowling during the Test matches was superb. We lacked a bit of sting with our bowling but we also know how good their batting unit is
8212; Stephen Fleming