Cricket:Australia's ABC Radio have increased England's embarrassment in the fourth Ashes Test by revealing the carefully-prepared bowling plans provided for each Australian batsman.
As Australia were progressing into a dominant position on the second day with Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds both hitting centuries to guide their side into a major lead, the biggest radio station Down Under were increasing the tourists' discomfort.
ABC claimed they were emailed the plans by a source and read them out on air just as England seemed at a loss about just how to end the stubborn 279-run partnership.
The plans are prepared by team analyst Mark Garaway as part of a video presentation on each Australian batsman which England study before the start of each Test.
They are then pinned on the board in the dressing room, where England claim the plans must have been taken from, although that account has been disputed by Australian media sources who believe they were found at the MCG before being emailed onto ABC Radio.
England's bowlers were advised to work on Hayden's ego by aiming to bowl dot balls and put an extra catcher on the edge of the pitch - a position the tourists persisted with throughout his superb 153 spanning nearly seven hours at the crease.
They were more successful with their strategy for Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who the plans claim, is vulnerable to pulling in front of square in the air early in his innings which was exactly how he fell to Andrew Flintoff in the seventh over of the day.
But their ideas for removing all-rounder Andrew Symonds clearly still need development after he claimed his maiden Test century and engineered Australia's stunning second-day fightback.
The plans highlighted the best way to remove Symonds was through a bouncer, but despite numerous attempts to tempt him into hooking a short delivery Symonds was never drawn into the trap.
Today's episode will embarrass England even further having flown out to Australia with huge expectations of retaining the Ashes they won in 2005 only to lose them after only 463 days in their possession.
They are yet to win a match on the tour, were beaten convincingly in two of the opening three Tests and remain on course to become only the second England team in history to suffer an Ashes whitewash.