Alastair Cook has just about finished the Aussies off, putting himself high up in the record books in the process. His astonishing series performance has been so effectively backed up by the rest of England's top order that the Aussies have been completetly outgunned. Only Mike Hussey has really shone for the home team, with Watson and Haddin the only others who've bothered the scorers very much, while all of England's top 7, except for Paul Collingwood, have performed well.
Day 3 at Sydney was the now-familiar story of Australian bowlers struggling to make an impression, even though they had England 5 down with only 226 on the board. One more wicket at this point and the match would have been very evenly poised but, instead, England responded to the threat with 2 century partnerships. With the visitors now over 200 in front, victory for the home team is as improbable as the result at Headingley in 1981; not impossible but almost so.
One more good day and not only the Ashes but the series, too, will be England's.
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