England knew after Saturday’s wash out, that a full day dominated by them could give themselves a real chance of snatching victory from the most unlikely of situations, and in true fantasy fashion they’ve done just that to leave themselves at the doorstep of dominance in this Ashes series.
A brilliant knock by Andrew Flintoff, who is currently the games top scorer with 74 helped England to create a lead of 114 over their Australian counterparts.
The hosts then went about hunting down Aussie wickets before the close, and they were successful as they sent Simon Katich and Ricky Ponting back to pavilion.
Onions who took the wicket of opener Katich, came close to adding Michael Hussey to his scalps but the ball fell just short of the Durham bowler as he dove attempting to convert a caught and bowled chance.
‘Mr Cricket” dug in and along with Shane Watson denied England a potentially decisive third wicket, Watson particularly showed why he’s be drafted in for this third test.
His durability at the crease could be crucial for Australia tomorrow, and along with Michael Clarke hold the key to the result in this match, one that the tourists still trail by 25 runs.
Swing is yet again important if we are to have a result tomorrow, and with the ball 31 overs old we’re entering the sort of time the ball started to move in the air in the first innings.
Anderson will be licking his lips at the thought of giving the Australian middle order a going over, and with conditions set to be overcast we can only dream of what chaos we could see in the middle at Edgbaston on Monday.
Conditions are set pretty fair for tomorrow, but yet again just a sniff of rain could disrupt England’s stab at victory.
England certainly know they can’t lose the Ashes series tomorrow, but in terms of winning it they can take a huge step to regaining that all so precious of trophies.
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