The Oval, London, England (GenevaLunch) – The Ashes reaches its climax this weekend with the series balanced at 1-1 going into the final Test at the Oval. The Australian selection is unchanged from the team that crushed England at Headingley. England replaced out of form batsman Ravi Bopara with Trott. Fast bowler Steve Harmison is fortunate to have been chosen ahead of Graham Onions.
Andrew Strauss won the toss and chose to bat on what looked like a good pitch but England soon lost opener Alistair Cook.
Edgebaston, Birmingham (GenevaLunch) – West Indian batsman Dwayne Smith smashed 59 runs off just 26 balls to set up a 63 run victory over Somerset in the final of the Twenty20 Cup.
Headingley, Leeds, England (GenevaLunch) – Australia leveled the Ashes series 1-1 after completing the formality of taking the last five England wickets. The English batsmen managed to provide entertainment for the crowd, with Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann smashing their way to a 108 run partnership.
Headingley, Leeds, England (GenevaLunch) – England nearly achieved the unusual feat of losing a Test match in two days as they were comprehensively outplayed by Australia. The Aussies bowled out England for 102 and then scored 445 themselves, with Marcus North getting 110 runs. The England openers reached 58 before the loss of Andrew Strauss but then managed to fold to 78 for 5, with Ravi Bopara falling first ball, Ian Bell falling for three and Paul Collingwood for four.
London, England (GenevaLunch) – England are in a dominant position after three days of the second test at Lords: the first test ended in a draw. They lead by 515 runs with two days to play. The Australian tail enders held up the English attack but fell just in time for England captain Andrew Strauss to have the chance to enforce the follow-on. However he prefered to bat again, possibly influenced by the easy batting conditions, the fitness of Andrew Flintoff or simple cowardice.
