A great effort to win any series against Australia, but especially when the best efforts with bat and ball belonged to the Aussies.
England won it during key periods when they really put Ponting and his boys to the sword or when they managed to hang on for the unlikely draw at Cardiff. While England did extremely well, I still believe they are a good side and nothing more - their rank of fifth best in the World is spot on in my view and replacing Andrew Flintoff will be very, very hard.
I have to say I actually like Ricky Ponting. A lot of soft footballers could take note - he was hit hard right in the face fielding close in and was spitting blood for ages with a swollen lip and face. Ponting just got on with it - no drama or rolling about - fair play to him.
Let's hope we don't get thrashed 5-0 again in 18 months time Down Under!!
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