The Ashes are back in Australia’s hands after losing them to England last year, for the first time in 16 years. England surrendered them with only limited resistance, nothing like the hard fight that won them the Ashes. Australia leads the 5 test series 3-0 after 3 games, and unless they lose interest in the next 2 games, look likely to win 5-0.

I think its a measure of the relative strength of the 2 teams that in 2005, England were at the top of their game and Australia slightly off, which allowed England to win the series narrowly (but very deservedly … I thought they dominated the series more than the final results indicated), but this time around, Australia is back on top of its game and England off, and we are flogging them.

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