Unfortunately for the bucket hats it was bucketing down all day. In fact that’s not quite true, this was light Manchester mizzle at first, followed later by heavier, unforgiving Manchester drizzle; the fringes of a biblical front to the north that means Australia’s men, sitting 2-1 up with one Test to play, have retained the Ashes.
This series is not over because England can square it at the Oval, the same party they pooped in SE11 four years ago to ensure 2001 was Australia’s last outright Test series win on these shores.
