Doherty gone! 9 down...
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Doherty OUT! 1 to go.
Nice delivery from Swann, through bat & pad onto the stumps
Bunny
Welcome to our world Aussie's.
Welcome to our world.
Welcome to our world.
Swann Swann
One wicket left. Looks like the rain will be too late to save Australia which will be fair given how much better England have been. A draw due to rain would be a travesty.
There is a distinct lack of Aussie perspective in this thread today. 
Not like them to be quiet either
So when was the last time we won a test in Australia? 2003 ish?
Even warne has already conceded defeat.
Beautiful cricket.
Beautiful cricket.
Bollinger really is a character
2003. This will be first win in 24 years i think that isnt a dead rubber.
What do you expect?! They have nobody capable of hitting a 50 let alone the hundred - hundred and fifty still needed to force this through to a draw.
This is England's Test, it's just a simple formality as long as it doesn't rain, which it's not due to for an hour or two.
Katich out of rest of series, confirmed.
They should call up Di Venuto. Bizarre that he never gets a mention.
That's it, England win by an innings and 71 runs & lead the series 1-0.
All over!
What a fecking beauty that was.
That's it fecking mint! By an innings as well!
fecking mint! By an innings as well!Yeaaa. They've been routed.
Too fecking easy.
Swann-nil, get in!
Well done to England. Swann lived up to his growing rep there.
First time since 1993 Aussies have lost a home game by an innings.
I've watched for maybe an hour and England took 5 wickets.
Quality from Swann! Great finish, great test match from England. The Aussies were no match.
I've watched for maybe an hour and England took 5 wickets.
do you even watch cricket?
Congrats Ingurlanders!
Innings and 71 runs! Suck me beautiful!
I know Australia aren't all that, but that is one of the best England performances I have seen. We won every session!
Comfortable win for England.
Have to say this is easily the weakest Aussie side I have ever seen. The fact that Broad and Anderson are comfortably better than anything they have as bowlers is testament to that. Nothing close to Mcgrath, Warne or Lee in this side.
Have to say this is easily the weakest Aussie side I have ever seen. The fact that Broad and Anderson are comfortably better than anything they have as bowlers is testament to that. Nothing close to Mcgrath, Warne or Lee in this side.
No. I learned the basics of it from watching Lagaan.
Then I figured out the rest with the help of the internet.GET IN! utterly thrashed them from start to finish of that, top stuff from England one of the most one sided test matches ive seen in a long time.
Only down side in the injury to Broad, hope England dont go defensive and bring in Bresnan keep up the pressure this Australia team is weak and we have them on the ropes, Tremlett please the pitch at Perth is tailor made for his style of bowling, don't worry about the tale end batting Aussies cant even get 6 wickets!
Only down side in the injury to Broad, hope England dont go defensive and bring in Bresnan keep up the pressure this Australia team is weak and we have them on the ropes, Tremlett please the pitch at Perth is tailor made for his style of bowling, don't worry about the tale end batting Aussies cant even get 6 wickets!
Great performance by England with bat and ball. It all began with that incredible start on day 1 when the Aussies collapsed to 2-3 and England haven't looked back since. Finn, Anderson and Swann were brilliant with the ball, and all the batters (minus Strauss) played beautifully.
What this all means is that Australia cannot lose any of the next 3 matches. If England win any of the remaining matches in the series, they retain the Ashes. Australia must win at least 2 games and draw the other, but on their performances so far, that seems very unlikely.
Only issue for England will be who replaces Broad. I think it should be Tremlett, but I have a feeling they might go with Bresnan.
Meanwhile Ricky Ponting has more problems than Julian Assange does: Katich is injured, North has done feck all, the bowlers all failed and he did not perform with bat and looked clueless in the field. Maybe Mitchell Johnson is their saviour
What this all means is that Australia cannot lose any of the next 3 matches. If England win any of the remaining matches in the series, they retain the Ashes. Australia must win at least 2 games and draw the other, but on their performances so far, that seems very unlikely.
Only issue for England will be who replaces Broad. I think it should be Tremlett, but I have a feeling they might go with Bresnan.
Meanwhile Ricky Ponting has more problems than Julian Assange does: Katich is injured, North has done feck all, the bowlers all failed and he did not perform with bat and looked clueless in the field. Maybe Mitchell Johnson is their saviour
You know whats even funnier?? The fact that you're talking like the series is already wrapped up, yet you still haven't won this game yet
Can I begin laughing now.
When was the last time England beat Australia by an innings?
No. I learned the basics of it from watching Lagaan.
lol, lagaan!