Bollocks!!! They had to wait 4 hours for the tears to stop before they could interview Ponting on TV... apparently he was that distressed at being the first Oz captain to lose a Lords test in 75 years. Oh well, I'm sure the antidepressants and sedatives will have him standing in better stead for the Edgbaston test.

Seriously, the Poms played a pretty good brand of cricket in the Lords test, and that's a good thing to see... competitive games are much better to watch than when one side capitulates and it's a whitewash.

Now that'd make cricket more 'entertaining'..

...or stand in the slips with your legs apart waiting for a tickle...

Same here, it'll be party time!

That little urn...

... is back where it belongs

Ol' Punter has a split lip... it's wobbling a bit now too

Actually, the genuine, real, bona fide original one never leaves England and remains at Lords... even when Oz wins the Ahes.   It's just that when Oz wins, "that little urn" don't get dusted or polished as religously.  I'll bet, though, half way through the 5th Test it got a good ol' spit n' polish for the new owners.

Yeah, that quivery lip of his.... thought he was going to trip over it while walking off after being given out 'run out'

Seriously, Ponting was gracious in defeat and quite humble in his speech during the presentations.  Good on him!

En....ger........land........En....ger....... land

Flying home back to the UK next week for a couple of weeks rest after three years away in the US and it will be good to celebrate the Ashes win with a few friends............I miss the cricket and european soccer

Yippee

Just spent a day at work, working with a pom. He was still singing when I went home.

.o0O(If only we did not get the run outs)

Well done England the better team did win

Punter isn't feeling too well...

...thinking about the future...

...the old and the new?

Poor old Punter, he will be back home tomorrow.

I would hate to be in his shoes.