Australia retains the Ashes in anti-climactic fashion as rain wipes out final day of fourth Test
Australia retains the Ashes in anti-climactic fashion as rain wipes out final day of fourth Test
Australia will carry a 2-1 lead into the final Test of the Ashes series in England, meaning they have retained the Urn on the back of a drawn fourth game at Old Trafford with a little help from the rain that washed out day five.
Poor old England wiped out by the weather.
I almost feel sorry for them. Yeah, nah, not sorry.
This comment from the cricinfo commentary last night (before the result was official) was great:
Lovely night in down under in Brisbane. Have the Manchester rain radar on one screen, and the excellent 1980's Bodyline mini-series (starring Hugo Weaving) on the other. It is all just helping reinforce the eternal Ashes reminder that England are the evil empire and Australia the beacons of cricket purity and light.