Bloody Fantastic!! Well done boys, bless you Michael Vaughan, Freddy Flintoff, Skunky Pierterson, King Of Spain, Tresco, Strauss, Jones, Hoggy and the rest. That was the best test series I have ever had the stomach churning, nail biting pleasure to watch, and we won. Marmite conquers vegemite, but for the posher folks..... ....Chapel Down conquers Chapel Hill. Thanks to all the folks who have made the Ashes such fun here at Y Soul and over at Aftergrog Blog, cheers and commiserations to Tony T, Brett Pee, Dirk Thruster, Russel and all the others on the losing side, it's been great fun. Bigger cheers to Dr P, Wosser, DSP Andy, P, Y Soul and all the rest on the winning side. The Australian team have been mostly magnificent, but outclassed. Shane Warne is without doubt the greatest living cricketer, McGrath has been wonderful when fit, Lee has fought like a lion. Of the batsmen, Ponting was good but whinged a lot, the openers showed their class once only, Clarke looks like he could be awesome in the future, Gilchrist couldn't match himself against a determined English attack. After a heap of abuse from the press and nearly every Australian, Pieterson is the hero of the hour, scores a ton fifty and ends up top of the batting table, well done that mad haired man. Englands openers were good, our middle order rocky, Vaughan was patchy, Bell had a terrible time, Flintoff and Pieterson good and the bowlers were nearly always good throughout. Now that I have calmed down, sunk a bottle of Oz cabernet and a giant Bombay Sapphire, only one question remains in my mind...... ....why was Brett Lee trying to kill laughing Matty Hoggard in the last few overs of a match Australia couldn't win ?