Not sure if it is a clever ploy by the English media to rip apart the Aussie team mentally, but I read something about a “rift” between Ponting and Warne sometime during the second test.

When they were winning and winning easily, there were absolutely no such rumors or news or anything. Now that they have lost some matches and look completely clueless against this English side, they are showing signs of ‘normalness’. They are showing signs that other teams would also show.

They are beginning to point fingers, they are beginning to make mistakes. The confidence is obviously very low and the performance of the middle order is disastrous. The bowling has not been able to contain the English batsmen, let alone take wickets and breakthroughs. All the stuff that is normally expected to happen to their opposition. But now it is hitting them. And they are cracking.

Will they lose the Ashes? Remains to be seen if they are a true champion side or not.

If not for the time difference, I would have loved to watch this series on TV or on broadband.