5th Test - are we there already

Good to see the Aussies pushed Northants...LOL, Did you also hear that the Aussie girls beat the Kiwis in Netball...amazing

Perhaps Boof should step down and one of the women cricketers in the current Australian squad might do a little better coaching - they don't seem to have that many issues in the conditions.

So lets line up for a final spanking at the oval, perhaps our good friend the weather can delay another embarrassing performance.  To be honest, all the hype in the Aus media about dry + green dodgy pitches, off field distractions, etc. are a little rank, I would like to read a story here about how well England have played, yes Australia has been poor, but this shouldn't detract from a great English performance on show.

As far as the rugby goes, Gee, how much of a surprise was that, still we are improving, its about the 5th most popular sport in two of the Australia's states.

Well done Australia

So the women win when the men lose. The only time the England women beat the Aussies this summer was when the men lost.

Anyway, I'm hear to say how pleased I am that the Wallabies following in the baggy green wearers footsteps by following up a splendid win with an embarrassing defeat.
I had started to get worried ahead of our fun dates in the World Cup, especially when the first scrum pushed the All Blacks all over the place. Good to see you back on your recent form. We'll have none of this 'peaking for the World cup' nonesense from you southern hemisphere types, thank you.
South Africa had the right idea, losing at home to Argentina last week. I can't wait to see the follow up in Buenos Aires this afternoon.

There's another cricket match isn't there. I hope it's soon. :)

The Darkest Time I can remember in Australian cricket for the last 20 years.......

The feeling here is still disbelief at just how poor our team was, we went into this series with an expectation and it has been torched.

I wonder what the old guard think of this limp performance - no evidence of playing proudly for you country from what I saw.

They should hold their heads in shame, I can't wait to see how they feel coming back here, the public has had enough.

England no doubt will be on a well deserved high, our only chance at the oval is if the England players are hung over, even then they would be hard to beat.....

Everytime I wake up I wished this was just a bad dream, what a shocking mess.......................

Ashes... England have won the Ashes.

As a young boy growing up, I knew not was it was like to defeat the Australians in a Test series. I'd heard about it from Dad and GrandDad; I'd seen highlights of previous quite famous victories which include the wonderful line of commentary I reference in the title. Now we know. Now we know many times. I'd have to sit down and actually work out how many times it's been since that wonderful summer of 2005 (has anyone mentioned that recently?). Ah, 5. Yes 5. (That's ironic, given they've been interspersed with a couple of shocking 5-0 reverses; shame those). That's a lot, isn't it. I'm looking forward to chatting with our Aussie developer again. I last spoke to him after the Lord's Test and he was all smiles and typical Aussie bad winning attitude (present company excepted, Andrew). The thing that REALLY bugs me about the Aussies being bad winners is that they tend to be really good, magnanimous, losers. It's incredibly frustrating when you want to rub their noses in it. Speaking of rubbing noses in it, let's hammer home a 4-1. It's not 5-0 but hey, it's the best we've got from here. PS - welcome back, Monty! http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/907957.html

4th Test

I will be happy for a tail end cameo from someone, and a few overs from MJ getting the England middle order and tail sniffing the leather.....