2009 Ashes, 5th Test, Day 3: Are Australia the new England?

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Indexed  August 22, 2009

The 2009 Ashes has swung backwards and forwards so many times, you can get whiplash if you’re watching too closely. Australia dominated in Cardiff but couldn’t close the deal. England led in Lords and the first half of the 3rd Test. Australia regained the balance for the next one and a half Tests. But now at the moment of truth, Australia had one session so disastrous, we may have just handed the Ashes to England. It was a batting collapse so complete and insipid, it made England’s 4th Test debacle almost respectable. Australia are so far behind, it’s hard to see them coming back from here. The only ray of hope is our second innings. It’s a forlorn hop...   See the complete post here