By Justin Langer Australia Test batsman

Our nerves are becoming so frayed that I am not sure how much more we can handle... joking of course! Justin Langer

Two things have come out of Tuesday's remarkable victory.

The first is that I am getting tired of playing England.

Not because I don't love the contest of Ashes cricket but because five of our last seven encounters have been nothing short of heart-stoppers.

For the weak of heart, these Test matches must be becoming a nightmare, just as they are for all of the players concerned.

It's one thing to put on a great show but another to have to endure such nail-biting finishes every time we meet.

For the game of cricket, these extraordinary fights to the very end are an awesome promotion of this great game.

The tension, the drama, the theatre are nothing short of pure sporting entertainment between two great rivals.

The problem is our nerves are becoming so frayed that I am not sure how much more we can handle... joking of course!

The second thing I learned is that you just never know what might happen in Test cricket.

The beauty of the game lies in its intricacies. Like a marathon game of chess, you can't afford to lose your concentration for a moment.

Here at the beautiful Adelaide Oval, England did just that.

Through the sniggers, John Buchanan stood tall and continued challenging us to hang in there

Succumbing to the pure genius and suffocating pressure of the great Warne, the visitors lost momentum and, within two hours of a five-day Test match, handed us an irresistible opportunity to steal an impossible victory.

Two days ago, our coach John Buchanan declared himself to be an optimist who believed we still had a chance to win this match.

Through the sniggers, he stood tall and continued challenging us to hang in there by imposing constant pressure on England.

With the ball spinning and Matthew Hoggard showing the ball would reverse swing on a drying surface, we could sense there was always a glimmer of hope.

Ponting's rallying cry on day three proved to be the key moment

This glimmer turned into a reality as our bowlers, led by the greatest of all time in Warne, delivered a series of knockout blows to a tentative England.

Our ability to restrict England's run flow while taking constant wickets allowed us to face a tough, but gettable, target in the last session of play.

In a sense, both teams could have won in the hustle and bustle of a run chase but, with Ricky Ponting in rare form and Michael Hussey making a mockery of Test cricket, we always felt as though we would take the prize.

And the moment 'Huss' hit that winning run, the feeling within the changing room was intoxicating. In 102 Test matches, I can't remember a more brilliant victory.

In so many ways we came from behind, particularly after Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood had hammered us in the first innings.

We were gone at the end of day two but my most memorable and significant moment of this Test came when Ricky addressed the team on the morning of day three.

With steel in his eyes, he said: "Everyone has written us off and thinks we are going to lose here. Well, let's just see about that. We have a fight on our hands, let's see if we can't just do something about it, hey."

His response sent a chill up my spine as I was again reminded of just how much this series means to our skipper and to this team.

It was one of the great days of my professional career and hopefully a taste of things to come in Perth next week.