Ashes 2010/11

[Dave]

Enjoy today.

And the next day and the next.

But it would be a real shame to not nail a series victory with so much groundwork put in.

Agreed.

A series win is important. We probably won't do it again for another two decades, so we might as well while we're in a strong position.

[olaftab]

Disappointed to not see Siddle walk off with a few more teeth missing, but then again who would have really noticed.

Is that going a bit too far? I never can tell.

No it's OK as he is an Aussie!

[olaftab]

Well done England.

[gerags]

This is a fantastic result.
Well done England, you've deserved it !!!

[TheTimVilla]

Looking forward to Sydney now...

[OzVilla]

Without wishing to sound like MON, fantastic, just great.

I think this morning is the most relaxed i've ever been watching England play Australia.  I know it means alot to beat Australia, but for those of us who live here it feels even more special.   

Now the boys can have a couple of days off to celebrate and nurse their hangovers, they'll be up for Sydney no problem.  They'll have the customery New Years Eve on the Harbour with their famillies before playing at what I believe is the best Test Match ground in World Cricket.  They'll be relaxed, the next 10 days of their Cricketing lives will be hugely memorable i'm sure.

That's 3 out of the last 4 Ashes series that we've won - who'd have thought we'd have been saying that 6 years ago.

[KevinGage]

Or even at the end of 2008/ early 2009 with the fallout re KP as captain.

[JD]

Absolutely fantastic what a great result, the best Ashes win for a very long time.
Trust those bastards Aston villa to dampen my mood today though 

[KevinGage]

ECT or stem cell research might be the key there.

If I could target the part of my brain that deals with Aston Villa FC and completely neutralise/ wipe it - as per Butterfly Effect- that would be just grand.

[Warren Aspinall]

What the aussies are saying.

The Sydney morning herald

The Australian

Herald Sun

[beness]

The only Bright spark to to a truly depressing sporting Christmas.

 Well done England. Fantastic team spirit, are you watching villa.

[PaulWinch again]

Great stuff, now win the final test.

[Bosco81]

I have got a fiver on the series to be drawn 2-2 at 8/1 so that should allay any fears we're going to lose the last test.

[The Man With A Stick]

The only way I can see them levelling the series is if we succumb to the pressure, but under Flower and Strauss' leadership that won't happen.  Can anyone honestly see them bowling us out twice now they're completely down?  I can't.

I just wish we'd had this team four years ago as we'd have given McGrath, Warne, Gilchrist, etc. a run for their money.

[Bosco81]

As long as the players don't think it's job done just yet, have a few drinks today but we need to close this series out, and then the open top bus parade and knighthoods can come.

Just hope Flintoff isn't out there to help them celebrate.