Oval Test- Must win game for England  

yes it is a do or die situation for england. i want england to win the test and get the cup what about you

Tail enders had to work for their money,

As thats all England had and in true Cricket you do not bowl the tail enders out before TEA. And was that not done.

Aussies gave the Tail enedrers some badly needed practice.

And when TEA was near that was it, it was lets go home BOYS from Ricky.
And they did.

The Game is about B.U.M.S. on seats and the Aussies have known this a long time.

as for the 20"s They had other things to do back home and they came to just stack the seats sales and then they went home as planned, HA HA HA.

Day Matches will some fun, Nothing to gain from them, but some fun.

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TO be honest England are the most over confident side in the world of cricket they may have thought without flintoff and pietersen they can win a test match against Australia and i think they have been brought back to ground by a Energized Australian team that bowled and batted really well and they deserved to win that match.

It has definately been a series that has been based on confidence. It has swung backwards and forwards from team to team throughout the 4 tests so far and now I think that the Aussies will be able to carry that confidence from crushing England and transfer it into a series win!

I think that the Australian bowlers could have finished off England earlier in the 4th test! They knew the game was won and relaxed. At the same time, the English tailenders knew they could not win, so they threw the bat and had some fun! They had to give the crowd some joy for the game!!! It was enjoyable even for an Aussie like me to watch as the pressure was off everyone!

its become a do or die situation for both the teams.
englad was the favourite for me and after 2 tests everyone belived that england will win the match but aus came back strongly and now the series has become more interesting

yes it is very difficult for England to regain the ashes from Australia.Australia after winning the 4th test will be in very high spirit and try every possibility to win the 5th test or go for a draw.England have to play a good cricket to regain the ashes.

I want England to win but the last match was an absolute disaster and many of the England team should hang their heads - they were absolute rubbish.

aussie thumping victory at headnigley have once again reignited the fire of ashes. england presently facing injury problems with thier big game star like freddy and pietersen. in the worse situation english man have to play out of thier skin to get the last and final test. playes like bopara, bell and collingwood have to come to the party and run making job should not be left on swann and broad only. instead of out of rythm and no impressive harmison monty should be given a go. oval is good hunting ground for spinners. english middle order need to play a responsible role. seamer should make a gud use of new ball. in leeds they bowled too short and vivid. they must bowl on intriguing length and allowing the ball to swing and make aussie batsman play as much ball as they can.

As much as I want them to win I just can't see it happening, very poor performance last time and it will still be in the minds of the players when we begin the final test.

I think the 4th Test loss by England has set up the series very nicely. The winner takes all makes the 5th Test very very interesting. Just as England were overconfident after 2nd Test win, Australia too seem to be on the same suicidal path.
England need to pull up their socks. Their Bowling is okay, it is their Middle Order which is their bane in this series.
I think they need to drop Bopara and play Flintoff in his place. If Flintoff cant bowl, no problem, play him as a pure batsman. Playing in his swansong, he will be itching to make a mark and what better occasion than the Final Ashes Test???