“The tables have turned from four years ago when we were in disarray and our selections were poor. Now it is the Australians’ turn to take some pain and grief, because they have got some big question marks about a few of their players and whether they should be picked for the third Test in Perth.
Remember, they gave us plenty of stick four years ago, so don’t shed any tears for them.”
Geoffrey Boycott in The Telegraph
“Australia simply folded like a pack of cards on the final morning. The dismissal of Michael Clarke on the fourth evening had broken them. They looked like a side already sure of their destiny. They did not look like they could turn the tide of fortune.”
Steve James in The Sunday Telegraph
“Once a great sporting nation starts to look to the skies, the game is up and it will not be a surprise ifEngland follow this win here with another at Perth in nine days time.”
“This was Ponting’s 150th Test and, at 35, he must have noticed they are not getting any easier. His team are frail compared to the one he inherited from Steve Waugh and a captain needs to be in top form to cope. So far in this series, Ponting has exceed 10 just once in four innings, and battler though he is, he knows leading is much more difficult when your own form is down.
A captain’s wicket is often symbolic and it was his dismissal by Swann on Monday, after a tortuous 19-ball stay at the crease, when Australia, and not just the team, turned from their venerable leader to the rain gods for salvation.”
Derek Pringle in The Telegraph
“Well, this could turn into a soap opera. In their desperation they might easily bring Mitchell Johnson back even though the scars of his Brisbane mauling and his subsequent rejection are still fresh. It seems as if the Australian selectors are going to have execute their skills very cleverly this week.”
“It was only a morning, but it was one of the great mornings for England cricket in modern times. No weather to save Australia.”
“Such has been the efficiency of England’s approach into the Ashes series and dominance of the second Test that it almost seemed too good to be true, with a setback lurking round the corner waiting to mug them.”
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