The Ashes between England& Australia-a review

The Ashes series 2013 played in England won convincingly&in most unexpected way by England .Australia needing just 299 runs in almost one&a half day's left to play were in a very comfortable stage when David Warner&Captain Michael Clark were at the crease with Warner doninating with a compensation performance from him with an individual score of 71 runs with 10 fours&a Six to his credit. But Alas! then came the most severe blow from Bresnen well caught behind by Matt Prior Warner did not wait at the crease to know the decision of Umpire&left back to Pavilion.At this stage it was 168 for 3 wickets. This was the turning Point of the Ashes series in favour of England in 2013. This blow was so severe that Australia could not recover from it despite needing just a paltry 131 runs with 7 wickets&more than one days play left to get it. Obviously Australians were just a pitiable shadow of their past Glorious days unlike Ricky Ponting Days when the Australians used to dominate to force wins. The remaining part of the day'sgame turned out to become just a formality for England with the veterans&experts following the suit of Warner. Michael Clark,Shane Watson,SPD Smith&Brad Haddin returned to pavilion without least amount of resistance thus adding 13 runs.Something unbelievable.The score card read 181/7 when Haddin fell. Thereafter mit was a matter of Agony for the Australians to witness the slipping of Ashes Trophy from their grip.Thus this day the 12th of August2013 stood as a silent witness to the Debacle of the Australians ,the once upon a time dominating force in the history of International Cricket. The Australian 2nd Innings was terminated abruptly for 224 runs on the 4th day itself. This,perhaps,became the instance when for the first time the Australians could not overcome the resistance caused by the England Bowlers in Ashes Series. Thus ,the famous Urn world's smallest Trophies would be owned by England with just one Test left in this series. In this connection, kind attention of everyone is invited to my Earlier Blog Dt 14th 14th July 2013 on "The Ashes-Historical rivalry between Australia&England"in which I had stated about the equal terms in which both Nations stood in terms of winning series.With this win England is ahead at 32-31 in Ashes Series win. This is not in terms of matches or taking into account the retaining the series This is purely in terms of wins alone SreedharanMundanat 13th August 2013 08-16 Hrs(IST)