5th Test: Sydney : 23:30 Start.

[Pavilionaire]

Stokes on 8 wickets in the match, Aussies going for it, he's got a shot at 10 if they don't declare soon.

 

[pauli cee]

quite fancy England to do this, double century for captain cook.....can get great odds on 4-1!

 

[Socialist Sid]

quite fancy England to do this, double century for captain cook.....can get great odds on 4-1!

I love your confidence, however, once we get to 70 for 8, It's come home time thankfully.

 

[BensGrandad]

England 11 for 1 Cook out 2nd Over so no double century from him.

 

[Socialist Sid]

I just LOVE tms, my dear old thing.............

 

[BensGrandad]

37 -2 Bell out. All down to KP and Carberry

 

[Socialist Sid]

The naughty Aussies have now resorted to breaking our bats...................

 

[Worthingite]

91-6...... there's just no heart there is there?!

 

[KZNSeagull]

4 wickets in 11 balls after tea.

Stokes just hit 20 off 1 over from Lyon. 122/7. Only another 326 required to win.

 

[dougdeep]

139/8

 

[KZNSeagull]

Get up and watch for an hour. See 7 wickets! 166 All out. Well played England

 

[dougdeep]

166/9. The pain is nearly over.

 

[El Presidente]

Most embarrassing tour ever?

 

[dougdeep]

Dead!

 

[BensGrandad]

I see that Bairstow showed Matt Prior what a wicket keeper batsman should do, to prove that he is the answer to our problem. NO.

 

[topbanana36]

DREADFUL, JUST DREADFUL!!!!! Total Shambles. Only Broad and Stokes should be nailed on the next team sheet. Next in line, Root, Bell, Cook and maybe Ego. Then blood some talent for example; Tymal Mills, Chris Jordan, Sam Robson. I think Carberry was ineffective, brilliant fielder (normally) but slow and dull unlike his county cricket form and Boyd Rankin was totally out of his depth. Time for some fresh air and let's start planning for the future and the 2015 ashes.

Great effort from the ginger haired Kiwi our only success

 

[Buffalo Seagull]

Stokes finished with the highest batting average for England for the series with just under 35 (the only one over 30). But even he only finished with the eighth highest average out of both teams.

 

[melias shoes]

What do you reckon for this one? 3days?

Didn't want to be proved right.
Utter shambles and time to rebuild. They need a long look at themselves. They went out as favourites and got humiliated. I hate losing to them.

 

[big nuts]

I think the key is finding new coaches to bring out the best in what we've got. Take Bairstow - he and Taylor played in the same England test side in 2012 vs a very strong South Africa and Bairstow shone while Taylor struggled. Bairstow can score quicky or steadily, and if England are to play more positively - possibly under a new captain - then Bairstow's capable of doing that.

I also think the same applies with a bowler like Finn. New coach, new ideas. If we can get the coaching side right my team is:

Cook
Root
Bell
Pietersen
Bairstow
Stokes
Prior
Broad
Anderson
Panesar
Finn.

I wouldn't go anywhere near Bairstow at present, he has no technique to be a top six batsman and his wicket keeping is sub-standard also. The other option is to look at Robson up the top and move Root to the lower order.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Everyone commenting that there were none of the England coaching staff on the pitch for the presentations. Very poor. The changes should start with them.