O/T The Ashes

[Brin]

This is the final test and because the Aussies have retained the Ashes due to the weather, there doesn't seem to any interest.

After an average score for England having batted first, it's all to play for as the Aussies didn't fair much better. So after an innings each, it's looking like this:

DAY 2 OF 5 - 27th-31st July
England
283 all out
Australia
295 all out

Aussies lead by 12 runs.

Poor from Root bowled out for 5 runs, Stokes bowled out for 3 runs and Bairstow being bolwed out for 4 runs. These are the players we'd expect to give it a good go, just goes to show that sometimes it don't work that way.

[clarkey1974]

Not for the first time this series we have let the Aussies tail wag too long..!.

[philthefluter]

Not for the first time this series we have let the Aussies tail wag too long..!.

The Basball era will be the saving of Test cricket. It has been in decline for a long time, but this is the way forward.
England were unlucky not to level this series 2-2,with the weather intervening.
There is still something to play for though, as the Aussies have not won a series in England for a good while.

We need Archer to return asap, and time to say goodbye to Jimmy Anderson, our best paceman for many years is now a bit long in the tooth!