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He has an average of 43 - that's not too shabby (better than Hildreth and Compton and only just behind Taylor)

I'm not quite sure why everyone's talking about the batting and no-one mentions the bowling performance. With the exception of Broad in the first innings, this looked a very ordinary attack. I know people were saying that it was a flat track, but it didn't look flat when the Aussies were bowling...

Disagree entirely. Decent Aussie teams have failed to grind us into the ground over here. As I said, Waugh's team did but that was an exceptional team. Lillee and Thomson you say? They played just two series over here - 11 games - W 2. L3, D 6. - their record in England wasn't that exceptional...

I wouldn't have called them bang average - their number 3 and 4 batsmen both have averages above 50 and two of their pace attack have averages below 30. They're not the Windies of the mid-80s or Waugh's Aussies but they're a useful team

I've had three texts from my Aussie mate this afternoon, I daren't open the last one. I knew I'd live to regret those gloating ones last week

It says something about the readership of the Telegraph that, according to the online poll, more people think an England win is more likely than an Australian one or a draw. I suggest you have to a brain well-pickled in port to think that

Yeah, but I knew that (one of them was a former Sussex captain so it was easy to know) and I also know what century we're in