How much credit will Sky try and claim for England retaining the ashes i wonder? On a serious note, i hope we don't lose the 5th test, won't feel much like a victory if they scrape an undeserved drawn series

I hope, and trust, that the England team and coaching staff won't think job done when (if?!!) this game is won, all the media seem to to be treating it as job done - but surely we don't just want to retain the Ashes, we want to win the series?

Having said that history suggests England might well rest on their laurels, hopefully this time it's different.

I would imagine that if/when we win this test and tie up the Ashes, then it will be highly likely that the Aussies will go into knee-jerk, panic mode for the Sydney test.

I'd expect the likes of Hughes, Smith and Hilfenhaus to be dumped, along with the injured Harris, and even Ponting may not escape the axe....His only saving grace is that there is no obvious man for the skipper's job, so he may just get to see out the series.

Unfortunately for the Aussies, they are desparately lacking in depth at the moment....We'd probably see Katich & Bollinger return and Khawaja and Beer given their chance.

Overall, it'd take an exceptionally complacent England to be beat by whatever they were to bring in.

Back at work after the christmas break tomorrow but will be staying up tonight till whenever the Ashes are back in the bag!

It's been a long time coming and hopefully we'll confirm a series win with another good win in Sydney. I honestly can't see us getting beat in Sydney after we had our usual series blip in Perth so a 3-1 series win is on the cards.

Happy days.

Harris isn't going to bat apparently

Stress fracture of the ankle....He'd have to be barmy to attempt to bat, considering the match situation.

I suppose theres no point really. If they'd have been going into tonights play with the scores around level then he'd obviously have had to go out and give it a go but unless he's been hiding an ability to score a double hundred he may aswell keep his feet up.

He'd only delay our victory for one ball anyway going off this series form

My plan is for us to get a wicket in the first over and wrap it all up in 20-30 mins so I can watch the celebrations and get to bed for a pre work kip.

Sensible not to bat, but it does make it look more like surrender

200-9 and out limps Harris.....It'd look like a lamb to the slaughter.....I'd prefer meek surrender in his shoes...

It's the stuff heros are made of. Stress fracture to the ankle and Harris bats for 2 days for an unbeaten 36 as Australia salvage a remarkable draw. They could have Russell Crowe as Harris in the movie version.