Australia's fight for the Ashes is set to turn nasty at Lord's this week following a bitter final day in Cardiff.
Relations between the sides have soured significantly in the wake of the dramatic draw in the series opener at Sophia Gardens.
There are several running spats between players and even the captains are at loggerheads after Australian skipper Ricky Ponting accused England of not playing in the spirit of the game.
Ponting's anger was directed at time wasting tactics employed by England when a 12th man and physiotherapist came on the ground late in the match for no apparent reason.
But that is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of tension between the sides seeking first blood in the series after England last-wicket pair of James Anderson and Monty Panesar batted out the final 69 balls to salvage a draw.
Fast bowler Mitchell Johnson and England batsman Kevin Pietersen had a heated exchange before the start of the final day over a stray ball Pietersen struck towards Johnson in the Australian warm-up nets.
Peter Siddle and Graeme Swann also had a running battle during England's second innings as Siddle tried to bounce the Englishman out of the game.
Siddle also got on the wrong side of Stuart Broad and the pair bumped shoulders after Broad had edged a ball through slips for four.
To top it all off, Strauss had a slight post-match dig at Ponting's decision to throw the ball to part-time spinner Marcus North at the death at Sophia Gardens.
