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"5th Ashes Test"

England squad:

Michael Vaughan (captain)
James Anderson
Ian Bell
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Flintoff
Ashley Giles
Stephen Harmison
Matthew Hoggard
Geraint Jones
Simon Jones
Kevin Pietersen
Andrew Strauss
Marcus Trescothick

Get fit soon Simon Jones!

Hopefully England will still be attacking and go for the win rather than defend to try and get a draw, I think they're more likely to succeed this way.

That's what I was thinking.........

But why risk it?

I love that Australia needed to bowl us all out for about 150, and we've gone on to make 300. Brilliant stuff, this.

england are gonna get all out 320ish

and aussies are gonna be going for spectacular shots, it wouldnt surprise me if Gilly goes out earlier

still lose though

I bet Gillchrist and maybe Clarke will open. Maybe Langer or Hayden actually. They're all big hitters. But I don't think they can do it. Mind you, I would have said yesterday with Australia at 128 - 1 in the morning or whatever it was, that England didn't stand a chance.

its a crazy series, thats fo shizzle

341 to win from 19 odd overs for the Aussies - bit out of reach for them even if they were in their prime!

Well done England you deserve it! Let's hope we can maintain a regular team ready for the next ashes and World Cup, this squad is certainally a relatively young team and will be together for a few years to come.

A few sore heads tomorrow morning no doubt!

Smedlos wrote:
> Well done England you deserve it!

Well, the rain and bad light did help them a bit.

The aussies had their fair share of weather advantage so it irons it out in the end. Yet again umpires sticking rigidly to the rule book after england come off for bad light - just end it!

Should have let Warne and McGrath open....

Good ol' Richie Bennett. T'wont be the same without him.....

This final test would have been infinitely better if Austalia had had time to bat in the second innings. This is a bit of an anti-climax in a way.