Former England international Rob Key has urged Joe Root's side to learn from their 2005 Ashes heroes and take the attack to Australia in the second Test.
England were beaten by nine-wickets in the first Test at the Gabba and Key has drawn parallels to the 2005 series, which saw Australia comfortably win the opener at Lord's by 239 runs.
Michael Vaughan's side responded aggressively in the second Test at Edgbaston, with Marcus Trescothick, Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff all playing with freedom as England squared the series in dramatic fashion before going on to lift the urn.
In his latest column for the Evening Standard, Key has urged England to follow suit in Adelaide, saying: "We talk a lot about 2005 when the Ashes are on, but that is a great series for England to draw upon.
"At Lord’s, they were thrashed and everyone thought, 'here we go again'. But, thanks to Michael Vaughan’s leadership, they made the decision that if they were going down, they would do so swinging.
"The result was smashing 407 on the opening day at Edgbaston. It is easy to think 'we are not as good as those guys were, we can’t do that'.
"I never understand that. At least employ that mindset. I can’t play golf like Tiger Woods, but I can think like he does.
"You might laugh at that, but who should I think like — Tiger or the bloke who loses eight balls per round?
"There is no value in going into a bunker mentality — and I’m no longer talking about golf. Ricky Ponting once told me that when the ball did more, he responded by playing more shots.
"We make a lot of fuss about batting being hard because of the pink ball.
"That makes me laugh, because there is no way batting will be tougher here than on the first day at Brisbane, or after you’ve been stuck in on a green top at Lord’s when it’s six degrees celsius.
"England must remember that and play without fear."
