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Fantastic Final Day at Adelaide

"England can't win it", I had confidently predicted after they finished the first day of the Adelaide Test at 3/266. "They scored too slowly. A team needs to score at least 300 on the first day of a Test to give themselves time to bowl the other team out twice."

"Draw for sure", I said this morning without giving any other outcome a second thought. With England 1/59 in their second innings after both teams had scored in excess of 500 in their first inningses I think most bookmakers would have agreed with me!

But, in arguably the most amazing final day of a Test, Australia managed to conjure a victory thanks to an amazing spell from Warne, excellent support from Lee, McGrath and Clark and another cool-headed run-accumulation master class from Mike Hussey.

As I sat in the hotel lounge marvelling at the scenes at the end of the match, a lady walked by the television and asked wide-eyed, "did they win?" The look on her face said it all. This incredible final day's play had captured her imagination along with countless others.

Posted to Cricket by Keith Pitty