Shane Warne said Australia's stunning victory over England in Adelaide was the best Test he has ever played in. Warne, who has 142 Test caps, took 4-49 on the last day as England collapsed to 129 all out and Australia wrapped up the match to go 2-0 up in the series.

"Once we'd run Ian Bell out and got Kevin Pietersen out, the belief was there then that we could cause an upset," said Warne.

"It was a fantastic effort and this is the best Test match I've played in."

Warne, who now has 694 Test wickets, returned his most expensive figures ever in the first innings, 1-167.

Some observers thought they saw signs of decline in Warne and fellow veteran Glenn McGrath in that first innings.

But Warne never looked better as England collapsed from 69-1 to 129 all out, while McGrath finished with figures 2-15 from 10 overs.

Australia skipper Ricky Ponting also said it was the best Test match he had been involved in and was full of praise for his star spinner.

Ponting said: "To turn this match round was an amazing achievement, although everybody in our dressing room thought we could win.

"There were a lot of media who didn't think we could win, but we've shown just how good a team we are and answered a lot of our critics.

"Warne's 4-40 was exactly what we needed. We knew if the scoreboard wasn't going anywhere this morning we could put England under some pressure and that's exactly the way it worked out.

"We've got a couple of days now to get home and freshen up and hopefully we'll play some better cricket in the third Test in Perth."

Meanwhile, Australia coach John Buchanan was critical of England's tactics in the latter stages of the second Test.

"From our point of view things worked out beautifully," he said.

"England didn't really take the game to us at all, we weren't attacked and they let us bowl to them." BBC Direct Link