Presumably he means that if their bowlers can skittle ours easily there must be enough in the pitch for the likes of Anderson, Tremlett and Swann to have a go at.

The Aussies thought that after we skittled them out for 98. 503 runs later and they're still toiling

Swann's gone now, hopefully Trott gets to make his double before he runs out of partners.

He moves too slowly to do that. The 'other' batsmen would have to get through about another hundred deliveries the rate he's moving at now.

That's all folks.

Aussies need 415 to make us bat again. Hint of ball movement in the last couple of wickets.

England 513 all out. Trott left high and dry on 168. That'll be an early lunch with under ten minutes to go. TMS's post-Frindall Safa reckons it's the second biggest first innings lead we've had in Ashes history. Nice!

This

could be

a very late night.

What an absolute fool Mr Watson is. That could well be curtains for Hughes' international career, particularly if the Aussies look for wholesale changes in light of an embarassing Ashes series. Not good.

Great stuff from Swann and, in particular, Bresnan after tea. Halfway there now.

Correct.

Swann did a great job, just kept it really tight at one end and allowed Strauss to rotate the seamers. Really pleased to see Bresnan bowling so well! Saker seems to have got the tactics on this wicket spot on!

Credit to Flower too, the plans have worked to their batsmen and he has assembled a great backroom team. Ashes almost retained but would still like to win the series, Swann could be the go to man in Sydney,

More than halfway when you consider Harris has a stress fracture and will take no part.

Well done Brezza! Cas are proud of you

How much credit will Sky try and claim for England retaining the ashes i wonder? On a serious note, i hope we don't lose the 5th test, won't feel much like a victory if they scrape an undeserved drawn series