Australia or England... The Second Test reaches a finale

The second test has taken a turn towards Australia, as English negativity leaves them vulnerable to recieving a knock-out blow.

England should have come out this morning with a mentality seeking to score runs, practice some batting, and to punish what were some very unattacking Australian Field Placings.

Australia appeared scarily unagressive for about an hour, until a few wickets were given away. They then took way too long to finish off the English batsmen.

168 Runs, 36 Overs... This sort of chase was the nightmare Allan Border dreamed of. I still recall that West Indian victory in 1993 which kept the Frank Worrell Trophy out of Australian hands for a few more years, and yes it was in Adelaide.

Time for Australia to go for broke, but to be weary, we have lost from better positions in similar amounts of time.

Update: An Australian victory, built solely on a combination of English negativity this morning. England effectively have handed back the ashes with a dismal final day.

The unsung heroes will be Ponting and Clarke whose batting kept Australia within striking distance, while much will be said about this morning's bowling when England had already decided that they couldn't win the test.