Just a week after trouncing England at Perth, the Australians have returned to form. Total meltdown by their batsmen followed by total lack of success from their bowlers.
Not being prepared to pay the silly money 'SKY' demands for watching its sports channels, I haven't seen the events of today in all their glory but it seems from the reports that the Aussie batsmen were pretty dire; that 6 of them were caught at the wicket certainly suggests some 'fencing outside the off-stump' though maybe some better England bowling also played its part. Regardless, 98 is hardly a total that Australians will have enjoyed seeing and Ricky Ponting's reign as captain must now be at an end, after yet another failure.
That England's openers were able to put on 157 without being parted indicates lack of penetration from the Australian bowlers and a lack of any real venom in the pitch. For England to do anything other than win from this point is well nigh impossible - sometime early on day 4 the Ashes should be safe.
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