After a shabby day of poor weather, too many extras and generally poor cricket on Saturday it is better to focus on today's play which was much brighter and construcitve.
The Old Trafford crowd will be disappointed not too have seen Freddie and Kevin Pietersen in full flow but overall an excellent day's cricket was enjoyed. After Glenn McGrath's worst ever bowling performance in Test cricket on Thursday he returned with a fifer today with some fairly innocuous bowling round the wicket, never have I seen him quite so underwhlemed by the events of the day.
England took the initiative form the first session, economically dismissing the Aussie tail and then moving on to build a solid lead. Lots more missed chances and woeful fielding from the Aussies who look genuinely bemused by what is happening to them. At least it let Geraint Jones and co off the hook for similar poor play in the first innings.
If Australia win from here then they are back with a vengeance, if England put them away it could be the Ashes won, I still think a draw is most likely. But who knows, England have had a habit of winning the tight ones, and with Michael Vaughan's off spinners looking interesting tonight we shall have to wait and see.
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