By session:
I score it like this:
England 32 sessions
Australia 26 sessions
Which seems a big difference overall, that is 2 days cricket difference. In fact I reckon there is about 1 hours cricket in the overall result. Another 30 runs at Trent Bridge and it was an Australian win, Another 5 overs at Old Trafford and we may have got a result, Edbaston was 1 shot away from being an Aussie win. It could have been 3-2 to the Aussies on that basis and what a travesty that would have been.
Maybe Test match cricket is the true test of two sides and the better team does win, regardless of toss, weather, umpires, crowd, pitches etc etc.
England Batting
Top order 1150
Middle order 1292
Lower order 326
TOTAL 2768
Run Rate 3.6
Australia Batting
Top order 1071
Middle order 942
Lower order 542
TOTAL 2555
Run Rate 3.4
So a measly 213 runs, a session and a half difference on the batting.
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