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The thing about last night's play was how poor the Aussie bowling attack is. Effectively, they lost the series overnight. Their last throw of the dice seemed to be when they took the second new ball with England around the 260-5 mark. Far from looking threatening or doing any damage it was...

Alistair Cook absolutely awesome this morning. Most runs Down Under in a series by an Englishman since the 1920s. Colly looked pretty poor there too. I feel he'd be doing everyone a favour by calling time on his test career now. Atherton said as much earlier in the morning session. As for...

Colly bagged a wicket and two catches, and with Anderson in as nightwatchman he knows he won't have long to wait to bat. It's a nice position to be in and I really hope Colly delivers. He's presently scored 70 in this series at an average of 14, and given he's 34 you feel England will look to...

We're scoring at 3 1/2 an over so if we make the second new ball at that rate the scores will be level, and if one of Bell or Collingwood are still in then we should get a big total. I'd like to see Anderson be positive and do what Hilfenhaus did for them. If he sticks around for 45 mins or...

They say the sun's due to come out and dry the pitch. Beer's an unknown quantity, I think the Aussie bowlers will show a bit of fight with the new ball and Johnson might move it around, but ultimately our batting line-ups longer than theirs and I think Collingwood, Bell, Prior, Bresnan and...

Smith gone, 9 / 10 / Jack now exposed to the new ball. It's all going according to plan.

Hussey gone, bowling Colly. Who says he should be dropped?

That post-match interview with Watson was class. When asked if Australia have any chance left in this game he couldn't bring himself to say no, and just gave a rueful smile. Fair play to him to front up to the cameras and answer the hardest questions any Aussie has had to face for a long time...

Good shout Sheebo. England have bowled beautifully this morning.

Massive wicket, and just before bedtime. C'mon!

Collingwood wanted a single off the 5th ball, Anderson says no, then Colly out 6th ball. f***ing shambles. Anyone saying drop Collingwood now is an idiot. No one else in the team could have taken that magnificent catch to dismiss Ponting. We're still in good shape though. The WACA is he...

Anderson, you're a f***ing nightwatchman, your job is to protect the batsman. FFS!

Trott gone. Game over. Even if a rear guard action digs us out of a hole the second new ball will probably do for us anyway. Fair play to Mitchell Johnson, deserved MOM beckons.

Waking up to the news it's 391 to win is a pretty reasonable start to the day. If ever and England side was in a position and with the motivation to chase this total down it's this time. I fancy this, and what a way to retain the Ashes in style.

Fair play to the Aussies, they've come back strong today. Mitchell Johnson has been the difference between the teams, both with bat and ball. Effectively, it's 200 for 3 and England have to get past Hussey and Haddin. This is the meat of the Ashes contest - Day 3 of Test 3 - and it's...

My Day 2 prediction: 107-2 lunch - Strauss and Pietersen. Bit of fight from the Aussies, fairly turgid resistance. 199-4 tea - Strauss and Bell. Runs flow nearer tea as ball gets older. 319-6 stumps - Prior and Swann. Captain falls just after tea with gutsy ton, Prior sees England past...

With this Aussie squad the phrase "you can't polish a turd" comes to mind. They simply haven't been able to replace the quality they once had. I feel a bit sorry for Ponting in that regard. 39 centuries is 17 more than the best an Englishman has managed. His captaincy's not all that, but who...

In terms of what is a par score for a team put in to bat and with England having to bat last I think the Aussies would have been comfortable with 320. In that scenario they'd have batted through Day 1 and into Day 2. They have to believe that their bowlers will come good at some stage because...

Great day for England, and game plan executed perfectly. I think 268 is 50 runs short of par, especially in light of England's strong batting line-up. Seeing off those 12 overs was crucial. The Aussies will return to their hotel with all sorts of doubts while England will be brimming with...

Beer's early stats aren't brilliant - 16 wickets at 40 apiece. And the guy will be 27 next birthday.