Ashes 2005 | England vs Australia, 4th Test at Nottingham | Full (HD) Highlights.
One by one, Australia's fingers are being prised off the urn, but by God they are putting up a struggle. As if it was not already common knowledge, this series is now officially the greatest ever to have been played, and it is still not over. The battle for the Ashes will go all the way down to the wire in the final Test at The Oval, and at this rate, fingernails that have already been chewed to the knuckles will be scrunched all the way down to the palms.
The country was in enough of a frenzy about this series already, but one other thing is now certain. The fifth and final Test is set to become the most significant sporting occasion in England since the 1966 World Cup, and in that perverse British manner, the threat of rain won't just fail to dampen the spirits, it may ultimately lift them to the rafters. Certainly, on the evidence of the last three Tests, England cannot rely on dominance alone to secure the prize that has eluded them for 16 years. They'll need some divine intervention as well.
Are England the new Australia? On today's evidence, the answer is an unequivocal no. For a decade and more, Australia have been world-leaders in the art of winning, while England (prior to the last 18 months) has been a byword for defeat and ignominy. Today, however, even with the wind in their sails and their opponents on the rack, England showed they did not know how to win. Australia, meanwhile, simply refused to lose.
It has ever been thus. England's last match before their run of victories was an innings-and-215-run trouncing in Colombo in December 2003, their third-worst result in history. They have lost just two other games since then - another innings debacle in Cape Town, followed by their magi-mixing at Lord's this summer. Oh yes, for all of you who pine for the certainties of old, England still do defeat in style.
Victory, however, is something rather more elusive. Especially against these pesky Australians. There were two schools of thought after the traumas of Edgbaston and Old Trafford. On the one hand, there was the growing suspicion that England were the new bigwigs on the block. On the other, there was the straw of hope that all of Australia was clinging to - namely, England had played out of their skins in both games, and yet had come perilously close to a 3-0 series scoreline.
The only trouble with Australia's approach today was, because of their unfamiliarity with defeat, they didn't at first know what approach to adopt. As Simon Katich and Michael Clarke, the cream of the next generation, shouldered their arms en route to the
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One by one, Australia's fingers are being prised off the urn, but by God they are putting up a struggle. As if it was not already common knowledge, this series is now officially the greatest ever to have been played, and it is still not over. The battle for the Ashes will go all the way down to the wire in the final Test at The Oval, and at this rate, fingernails that have already been chewed to the knuckles will be scrunched all the way down to the palms.
The country was in enough of a frenzy about this series already, but one other thing is now certain. The fifth and final Test is set to become the most significant sporting occasion in England since the 1966 World Cup, and in that perverse British manner, the threat of rain won't just fail to dampen the spirits, it may ultimately lift them to the rafters. Certainly, on the evidence of the last three Tests, England cannot rely on dominance alone to secure the prize that has eluded them for 16 years. They'll need some divine intervention as well.
Are England the new Australia? On today's evidence, the answer is an unequivocal no. For a decade and more, Australia have been world-leaders in the art of winning, while England (prior to the last 18 months) has been a byword for defeat and ignominy. Today, however, even with the wind in their sails and their opponents on the rack, England showed they did not know how to win. Australia, meanwhile, simply refused to lose.
It has ever been thus. England's last match before their run of victories was an innings-and-215-run trouncing in Colombo in December 2003, their third-worst result in history. They have lost just two other games since then - another innings debacle in Cape Town, followed by their magi-mixing at Lord's this summer. Oh yes, for all of you who pine for the certainties of old, England still do defeat in style.
Victory, however, is something rather more elusive. Especially against these pesky Australians. There were two schools of thought after the traumas of Edgbaston and Old Trafford. On the one hand, there was the growing suspicion that England were the new bigwigs on the block. On the other, there was the straw of hope that all of Australia was clinging to - namely, England had played out of their skins in both games, and yet had come perilously close to a 3-0 series scoreline.
The only trouble with Australia's approach today was, because of their unfamiliarity with defeat, they didn't at first know what approach to adopt. As Simon Katich and Michael Clarke, the cream of the next generation, shouldered their arms en route to the
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