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Started off terribly, then let Katich and Ponting embarrass the poms for a few hours.
England
Were cocks in a hoop until they started bowling, let Hughes slap them, and then didn’t even bother trying to get another wicket.
Who is in front
Australia is still behind, but are in front now (metaphorically), it would take an extraordinary effort from England to bowl them out before tea tomorrow, and that is the only way for England to be in front at the close.
Play of the day
Nathan Hauritz out bowling Swannie and Montybot. That is some super funny shit.
Testicular moment of the day
No man wants to win the Ashes more than the hairy-armed goblin Ponting. If you didn’t know that before, one look at this innings told you.
Working class moment
The Krab Katich can out gritty Paul Collingwood. There is nothing flashy about the man, not even his chest hair. But he works, nudges, grafts, scampers, and fights as hard as anyone out there. He is not a pleasure to watch, but he is a pleasure to have.
Fun facts
The combined wicket tally in the afternoon session so far is 1.
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I feel really bad as an Aussie, but I cannot think of a scenario where we will win this from here.
Either we bat on, make a squillion runs and then fail to bowl England out, or we have to chase down 150 – 200 on the last day and fail miserably.
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