It’s all gone a bit flat. Joe Root survives only to delay the inevitable as Australia dominate the fourth day of the fifth Ashes Test. England’s unlucky Ashes charm, Phil Walker, reports from the SCG.
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I’ve just seen my 26th day of Test cricket in Australia. Spread across 11 years and three series, by some time tomorrow my personal match score will read Australia 6, England 0, with one glistening, irritating draw.
Put this pilgrimage into context: break these matches down into individual days and at a pinch my card reads Australia 24, England 2 – with thanks to Alastair Cook for batting for two days at the MCG. I was, it’s true, all geared up to claim day one at Sydney for myself, before the fates fell back into line and put Joe Root on his knees.
I fly back to England in three days. That’ll be nice. But before that, on Tuesday, our little band will be heading to Bradman’s birthplace, out in Cootamundra, to play the stump-and-golf-ball game, and to pay our respects.
The show just keeps on rolling. I guess we’ll be back for more.
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