4th Ashes Test Durham

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Half way there already.

will England finally change the batting around?

will the stop picking their favourites and give the obvious choices like Onions at home a chance? (Though Bresnan and broads bowling here would suggest not, show sweat I know).

Broad always seems to do this. He'll never get dropped imo, but whenever maybe people such as myself question his form and maybe a lack of wickets, he comes up with spells like he has produced today. Needs to pitch it up more as well to stay out there longer.

Oh come on- stay on!

kingraf wrote:fine is a nice way of saying average, Alfie... match figures of 3/80

Figures aren't everything , kingraf , as you well know.

Come on!!!!!! Broady has done it again!

What a ball, sums up what i was saying and....he pitched it up!!

10 wickets!!

 

Lyon gone ! Five for Stuart Broad  

Start the car ?

Ive criticized Broad a lot but, Ive never ever criticized his abilities as a bowling Kevin Pietersen. He bowled terribly vs South Africa last year, and the stats will show he took a Michelle against us.

Well played Broad.

But we all know what last wicket Aussies can do.

Fancy this kingr?

Not over yet.

Yorkers seem to work almost without fail on tailenders... just aim straight for the stumps and you'll get your man sooner or later.

kingraf wrote:Ive criticized Broad a lot but, Ive never ever criticized his abilities as a bowling Kevin Pietersen. He bowled terribly vs South Africa last year, and the stats will show he took a Michelle against us.

He is young and will have his time against you.

BROAD AGAIN!!!

Lyon bowled for 8 and Stuart Broad has his 5-for in this innings and a 10-wicket haul for the match!

Absolutely outstanding performance!

Can you imagine how much flack this Aussie side is going to get back in Oz ?

We have to bowl Root- No option for Broad!!

Cogen wrote:Yorkers seem to work almost without fail on tailenders... just aim straight for the stumps and you'll get your man sooner or later.

Indeed. Especially at 90 mph  

Too dark for Broad now...Root to bowl

I still favour Aussie at home if England don't sort their batting out.

Trebel - Its over mate. The second Clarke failed it became a formality. I feel incredibly sorry for him, its Clarke or bust, and that must way incredibly heavily on his mind

Looking like we will be back tomorrow...

Oh for the days when tailenders just had a swing  

Graf- its not all about clarke mate. Harris and Rogers are coming out of this mighty well.

weigh, not way. Seriously struggling with my homophones post-school

Can Swanny finish it today?

mystiroakey wrote:Graf- its not all about clarke mate. Harris and Rogers are coming out of this mighty well.

Warner, Watson and Hughes have all shown they can perform at times too. Just a shame they can't do it as a cohesive line-up.

We need the extra 30 mins

Bird and Siddle take the game to the 5th day.

If England are going to finish this today, they're going to have to spin Bird or Siddle out.

Oh Matt Prior! Dear me.

Aw well, they are going on.

Clarke is still the KingPin, Rogers, Warner, and to a degree Smith have all shown something workable, but it isnt a co-incidence that the only Test in which Clarke showed vintage form is the only one they didnt lose. Still Clarke or bust remains

Sun out ! Broad warming up...

So is the fat lady  

Swann bowls to Bird...will be hoping to get him for a duck!

Cook should give KP a bowl.

The tms aussie fancies them beating England.

To be fair it is only 78.

It's in the balance as king says.

Anderson returns to bowl and suddenly the runs are flowing again.

Ok then final over coming up!!

Broad comes on

Siddle with 23 has the Aussies' 3rd highest score of the innings.

Get in Broady lad!

And it comes off. The light teased the aussies!!

Seventy six needed. These last wickets have been hard to prise out , but surely it will come eventually...

Siddle doesn't want to expose Bird to Broad.

Gone ! Ashes Victory   

...bed for me at last ....cheers all

Great game this one. No controversy. Just good quality cricket with england showing they have the edge when it matters!

The Aussie cursed is own side there.

England have won the series but as boycott says they are not playing well with the bat.

If they don't improve they could lose down under.  If they start to bat well it will be even.

England really need to sort the batting out.

And the bowling destroyed Aussie in the end and was impressive.

YESSS!!!!

BROAD HAS HIS 6TH WICKET OF THE INNINGS...11 FOR THE MATCH!

SIDDLE HOLES OUT FOR 23 - CAUGHT BY ANDERSON.

ENGLAND HAVE WON THE SERIES!!

 Never in doubt:D 

dyrewolfe wrote:Swann bowls to Bird...will be hoping to get him for a duck!

Or Cook his Goose ?

Surely you cant cook a goose without onions!

Is that the momentum warne was talking about?

In the end, a very comfortable 74 run win for England, thanks to one of those magic spells from that man Stuart Broad!.

trebellbobaggins wrote:The Aussie cursed is own side there.

England have won the series but as boycott says they are not playing well with the bat.

If they don't improve they could lose down under.  If they start to bat well it will be even.

England really need to sort th beating out.

And the bowling destroyed Aussie in the end and was impressive.

For it to be even Australia will have to start showing they can win games. It's been seven months without a win for them now, that dents morale and also self belief. 

England start batting well then it is very much their series to lose down under.

This is why I defended Broad earlier on in the series. He was bowling well and fulfilling his role without getting many wickets but we all knew that when he clicked (and he would, others' doubts seem to fuel him) he would do this. He's a match winner, none of Jimmy's consistency but he can be unplayable

So that is 7 losses out of the last 8 tests for the Australians.

Great stuff! Lovely to finish it with a day to spare as I'm off on hols in the morning.

My man of the match is Broad with honourable mentions to Harris, Rogers and Bell.

Enjoy the Oval Test, guys. Hope Mikey Holding doesn't spoil it for anyone!