Quote: "This series was overshadowed by shocking umpiring. The TV umpire should be used for all difficult and close decisions, especially those that can turn a series. eg: Kasprowicz's dismissal in the 2nd test. If Australia won that test, they would have won the Ashes."
On the TV here they added up all the bad decisions and they actually evened out. The weirdest/most annoying thing was Flintoff hitting one of the stumps clean and the ball just bouncing off like it had hit a lamp post (?!)
Quote: "...Yeah, it's the first time they've won in 16 years, and they only really won by 2 runs"
I think you'll find we basically actually won the series 4-1.
If it wasn't for the rain we
DEFINATELY would have won the second test. We also clearly would have won the final test if it had been played out to the end (over six days or whatever)
Fact is England were the better team in every test apart from the first one.
The main thing that annoyed me was the Aussie guy on the TV saying that losing McGrath was really why they lost the series. He was out for about 1 match! Jones was out for pretty much the whole series!
