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Really well played by England it has to be said. England in Ashes series gone by would have folded easily. It has to be said however why do they not declare? Possibly memories of Adelaide last time but there is no way Australia could win the game from here. They could end up with a massive...

I think the crowd would be better if there was going to be any kind of result at all. At the same time I perfectly understand not wanting to sit out in glaring sun all day to watch a game that will almost certainly end in a draw. Not to mention of course it is a Monday and the vast majority of...

Even worse is it's a wicket that North didn't really earn. Not the way Strauss would have got out if he hadn't been at the crease for so long. Stumpings when players are over 100 aren't uncommon and usually aren't the result of good bowling

Not really, the first 3 days were all just about sold out. If I'm not mistaken it's pretty similar for the early days of most of the other tests and 5th days are traditionally poorly attended

Turns out I'm horrible at ICC2010. I've got 2 games on the go I'm about half way through the season with NSW in Australia and have only 2 OD wins to my name and 0 first class wins. Things are even more dire in my Yorkshire game as I have no wins in any competition after 4 first class games and 3...

Of course the England fans are going to attend the last day, they have flown half way across the world. The local fans realise nothing is going to come of this game so are happy to sit at home instead of being out in the sun all day :cheers

Dropped catches do not help at all. Australia in years gone by would not have put down the catches dropped in this match by Doherty, Johnson and now Clarke

I think a draw will definitely benefit England more than it helps Australia for the rest of the series. England have fought back really well and the weakness of the Aussie bowling attack has been badly exposed. We've had the problem of not being able to bowl sides out twice for a good couple of...

O'Keefe really needs to work on his consistency with bowling. If you look at his record it shows a very good first class bowling average but a very poor OD record and I think it's just a case of some serious inconsistency. He tends to vary from game to game but really needs to work on getting...

O'Keefe is another player I've watched closely over the last few years. Not bad to have a first class average of over 50 despite never having scored a century

Very poor stuff from everyone on their first attempts. Lets hope the bowlers fair a bit better It seems the SCG pitch is an absolute minefield. Tasmania also falling apart

I've been watching Smith for some time and I think he's certainly a better first class player than in the shorter forms of the games, especially with the bat. Would be 1000% more reliable than Marcus North whose big scores almost always come when we are already comfortable. Smith is showing...

Terrible performance from everyone today. Only Smith has looked reasonable, big fails from the rest of the squad which can't be good for confidence

I actually think it was a bad ball and he got lucky

England really aren't being agressive enough given the situation. At 5/66 they could have had them all out by now but they seem to have limited their number of attacking fieldsmen despite the ball still moving around quite a bit.

Bad news from the rest of the country to with Katich and Watson both out for single figures and Hussey out for a duck. It's been a bad day all round for the Australian batting hopefuls

I don't believe White will ever be a realistic contender as a test player. He's a handy slogger in the shorter forms of the game but lacks the technique for the longer form. As for bowling to the conditions your probably right, just putting the ball in the right places. I have only been half...

I think the pitch will flatten out an England will certainly score more runs. Don't get me wrong the English bowlers have bowled perfectly to the conditions but we are unlikely to see similar conditions at any stage during the Ashes. Again backing the decision to leave the main bowlers out

This could very quickly turn into a one day game

I'm happy to keep Hussey. He has gone through this sort of period before. He should certainly be kept ahead of Marcus North. Hussey was strong last summer (although against a weak Pakistan side) and I'd keep him in there for the first two tests at least. He has proven ability to bat with the...