Comments from Asylum Australia: The weather smiled, but we just couldn't buy that last damn wicket. Kudos to the Pommie tail, but what was with North bowling at the death? Some troubling signs with the ball... again... Johnson is looking horribly average. At least Siddle looks fired up like a paceman ripped straight from the pages of the 1980s. But England grabbing a draw from the clutches of a loss? That reeks of 2005. And no biologically sound detergent can wash that smell away.Comments from Asylum UK: <This time they dropped their laptop all too quickly in a rush for the bar. You'd think they'd actually won the damn series.>
Best of the Aussie pundits
Foolhardy England drunk on the spirit of 2005
"England were not merely playing the wrong series but the wrong Australian team. Ricky Ponting's side is neither abrasive nor driven along by great players... Ponting is the last of the legends, and he is a quieter, more thoughtful man than before. His team works hard and has an abundance of spirit. Australia have moved on. It's time England did the same." - SMH
England's Pietersen a man in denial during Ashes
"The bottom line is, leaving straight balls on your stumps will lead to unproductive batting at any level of the game. To do it in a Test when you are carrying the hopes and aspirations of your nation as England desperately try to avoid defeat in the opening Test of an Ashes series brings national embarrassment, scorn and indignation." - Herald Sun
Best of the British pundits
England earn draw with Australia
"James Anderson is England nightwatchman, suggesting they feel he can bat, and he does hold the world record with the most consecutive innings without a duck. He stretched that tally to 51 today. The tailend tenacity was in stark contrast to what went before. Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Strauss and Matt Prior were all guilty of glaring misjudgements as Australia applied pressure to English throats. " - Telegraph
England hold on to force thrilling draw in Cardiff
"Having been 70 for 5 in the 27th over, England, led by Paul Collingwood at his defiant best, found the fighting spirit in the nick of time, helped by Australia's wastefulness with the second new ball. But it could have gone horribly wrong when Collingwood himself fell with a scheduled 11.3 overs remaining. " - Times Online
