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I tried to be more positive about the Ashes, I really hoped that the English team would stand up and be counted. I think they performed well in this, the third test.

I just think that luck had a major part in this (soon to be) defeat. We had none. The boys all seemed to be up for this one. Too late really, the Ashes were won in the second test.

England should have won the second test to add pressure to the Aussies. I think at one all before the third, the pressure on the old guard that is Australia would have shown.

It didn't and I am left contemplating what might have been..Along with millions of Brits, we have to go to work tired now, and also Ashes-less.

It's funny how you can cope with tiredness when there is hope.

Now there is no hope.

No hope of me staying up 'til 5am anymore, I have to earn a living and get working. No more passing out on my laptop at 2pm.

The love affair is over..until the next test..then, it will be for fun, not mine thought.

So I am left contemplating one thing, what sports are we better than Australia at? First to spring to mind is Football, the last time we played the Aussies , we lost 3-1. Then I look to rugby, yes we won 'that match' but since then...

I am leaving this open...you tell me..

I DID IT...AND SO DID HE!!!

I have worked out how to watch the cricket free and live online. It is a major achievement for me, I have been searching for this for ages, weeks and probably months.

I can now watch the ashes live on my pc for free. I can also watch football, everything!

Don't pay the websites to watch it, i will send a link free, you must put your email address and a relevant comment on this page...No nice , non-spam comments about cricket or my blog, no FREE Ashes cricket!

Must dash, Monty is bowling and has just taken his fifth wicket!!

(It is crystal clear too!!) Please add comments that are decent and non-spam, I will send you a link to the best streaming feed I have ever seen, no scam, no spam. Thanks.

Day 2.

I decided to stay up and watch the highlights show, then listen online to BBC Five Live's coverage. I fell asleep at 12.00am French time..Couldn't even make the first ball in the highlights show.

I woke up this morning at 5am French time (4am UK)and was determined to listen to the match unfold, live, on the radio. I went straight back to sleep and woke with the alarm at 7am. So yes, I have officially seen nothing and heard the final twenty minutes of the first two matches.

I am still searching for some live streaming online, it is totally boring listening to cricket on the radio. If you have never tried, don't. It is worse than listening to a party political broadcast. Terrible.

I am hoping that somebody reading this, and there are loads at the moment, can offer me some salvation. I need to watch the cricket live!

Tonight, I am going to try to see if my local Irish bar (always an Irish bar!!) has sky. I want to know if anyone has watched it live in the pub, you know, 24/7 drinking must make this possible? If so, I am considering flying back to watch some.

So, todays cricket..

Australia 602-9....WHAT?? The third highest total ever at the Gabba.

How did that happen? Who is to blame?

Apparently not Freddie, even though he is still recovering from the ankle surgery, he was our man of the match.

Harmison? 1-123..123 runs..God help us. Chin up Stevie..


I heard that Ponting 'out-captained' Freddie. That the Aussies had prepared for the match, mentally, physically and tactically, and that us 'Poms' didn't/haven't.

Now, it's not all doom and gloom. We only have to get 403 to save the follow-on.

That's right..only 403!! England are now 14/1 to win the ashes 2006. Now before we carry on, look at the odds in 2005 and how they changed..