Ashes over
Well the bet didn't quite pay off... At about 7am on Sunday morning it was looking very good, with the odds on England falling to 7-1. Then McGrath got two wickets, and it all looked bad again. The smug feeling of having got 10-1 on England winning is rather deflated when you see you could now get 22-1 and rising. 29.England lost quite convincly in the end, though not quite as bad as in the first test. Then Australia scored 804 for 11, beating 527 for 20. In the second they got 681 for 14, having beaten 680 for 16, and in the final test they got 771 for 15, to which we could only reply with 565 for 20.
In total the figures are a rather stark 2256/40 plays 1772/54, an average (batting, but reverse it to get bowling) of 56.4 for them, and just 32.8 for us. We were probably unluckier with the umpiring decisions, particularly with Andrew Strauss, but overall you can't escape the conclusion that they played better.
Update: I changed England's 2nd test score and the aggregate score after Simon, in the comments, pointed out that we only lost 16 wickets in the 2nd test. The first innnings was (mistakenly, with hindsight) declared after 6 wickets had fallen.
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posted by Matthew @ 12/18/2006 01:44:00 PM
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