England V Australia 2013-14 Ashes - ODI & T20 Series

Lunch day 5 - England 35-3

Cook,Trott & KP all back in the pavilion,hurry up rain !

match drawn due to bad weather. England retain the ashes

(05-08-2013 15:45 )Rammyrascal Wrote:  match drawn due to bad weather. England retain the ashes

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Somehow England need to get Onions into the starting 11 for the Durham Test,but who do they leave out.Swann wont play much of a part,but they wont leave him out,Bresnan could be the fall guy.

The next test begins on Thursday.

This Australian team has been improving fast. Mostly down to the confident management of Darren Lehmann.
The Australian team still lack quaility in their team but they have their cocky swagger back.

We might have retained the ashes here, but could we face a fight down under later?

So we retained the ashes which is all good news for England, but it would of been so much better for England to bat the final day out without help of the rain, just for the celebrations to be a lot better then they actually was.

The Ashes may have been retained,but England need to at least draw one of the remaining Tests to win the series outright.Whoever finishes the strongest will have the upper hand at the start of the return series in Australia,all to play for.

England win the toss & will bat & are unchanged.Australia replace Starc with Bird.

Day 1 1st Test Emirates Durham ICG Lunch England 57

Root made 16 before Watson took the edge caught behind by Haddin.

Cook 21 not out Trott 13 not out