Out of the 5 days of the first Ashes test, I watched the last 6 overs only, where Monty Panesar and James Anderson where trying to block out the Aussies by hook or crook and were cheered on by the capacity crowd for every single ball defended. The fours by Anderson were greeted by so much noise from the crowd that someone who had just switched on TV would have thought that was a milestone in Anderson's career. By hook or crook because there were too many visits by the 12th man to the centre in the last 3 overs and once even by the physio and neither of the batsman looked as if they needed a physio (even though they would not have minded a cardio taking care of their violently beating hearts ;))
All said and done, Australia could take only 19 wickets and the match ended in a draw. At the end of the day, it does not matter whether they deserved to win or not. Only the final scoreline matters! - Yes sometimes sports is a good leveller, sometimes, its cruel!
I am happy that England managed the draw in the first test. So now there will not be any bragging about an Aussie whitewash ;)
But on a serious note, England needs to figure out how to take 10 Aus wickets first and then move onto get 20 of them!!
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