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There is nothing like an England cricket crisis to bring out the best in our readers. A record number of comments were posted on The Times’s cricket weblog, Line and Length, on Monday, but not all the ones from Australia were triumphalist gloating. Here is the pick of them:
“Ah, the rightful order of the Universe appears to be close to being restored,” Don, from Sydney, said, while “Possie Jim”, from Woronora Heights in New South Wales, added: “Had Flintoff batted on to 700-plus, the result would have been a lot different. Never give the Aussie a sniff of victory.”
Peter McGuinness, from Brisbane, said: “It was a thrilling game. We’ve every right to be joyful, just as