Well, it is for the moment, and England will be hoping it comes to their rescue. There is an inevitability to this one that England will end up batting on the last day and trying to survive against Shane Warne. Australia will only need to bat once the way they are playing and that will be the difference.
The pitch was made for Steve Harmison but for one reason or another he has been ineffective, although not alone in the England attack which has been impotent.
I have watched some of today's play and without sounding like sour grapes Billy Bowden appears to have decided that he is not going to give England anything else before he goes home. That is the big problem with having an umpire standing throughout a series, he may try and even out decisions made in other games as he goes which is unfortunate [for England] to say the least. Langer was absolutely plumb lbw to the first ball of the day and Ponting was clearly bat pad to Giles shortly before today's close.
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