Ha ha Glenn McGrath, slips on balls and wears a dirty bra (chant with gusto)

3 tests down and 2 to go. The 2005 Ashes test series is poised on a knife edge, armchair experts can't decide which way it will go; will Australia pull off a "lucky country" escape to retain the coveted urn? or can Vaughan's valiant men restore dignity to the gentleman's game?

After a dismal showing at Lord's, all the critics had England written off again. My Grandad told me he wouldn't be watching any of the cricket this summer since England were a bunch of no-hopers. It would seem though that the second test at Edgbaston and the more recent third test at Old Trafford have proved both the critics and my Grandad wrong.

When Glenn McGrath, that well known cocky New South Welshman slipped on a ball before the Edgbaston test had even begun, it was his injury and absence that was blamed for the subsequent England victory. As though the fate of the Ashes were resting on his shoulders alone, Australians rejoiced in his swift return to fitness for the third test and expected a return to the days of old when an Australian triumph was more or less guaranteed. However Australia and in particular the cocky, over spoilt, devoid of any sense of reality Australian players were put on notice last weekend. The days of smacking England all over the wicket are over. Sure it may have ended in a draw, but there can be no doubt who the better side were.

The demi-god McGrath failed miserably in England's first innings and Shane Warne was the best of the Aussie batsmen again. England on the other hand continued to impress and it wouldn't be too fantastical to claim we are watching one of the best England teams in many a year (but that's not exactly a tall feat is it?). Anyway be warned Australia, you are on notice.

Trent Bridge, here we come. nb. We should have an Ashes night soon, we can all watch England teach the damn convicts a lesson.

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