Rain, Runs and an embarassment in the name of a test playing nation

Rain may have shortened the 3rd day of the ashes, but its pretty much clear who is in the driver's seat. Australia are ahead by 44 runs with 5 wickets still in hand.
The nature of the pitch might make it look like we have a draw on our hands, but no one can discount the Poms from collapsing in the second innings.
The onus is on England, to end the Aus innings before the lead gets massive.
Anderson's yorker to Katich was a major relief. Another hour of him looking ugly and scoring runs would have squeezed out whatever self belief the English bowlers had
The spinners have been a major letdown for England. Monty was just lucky to get Ponting's wicket of a crappy lame ass delivery.
Hussey went out cheaply. Clarke and North then got together and steadied the innings.
I'm backing the English to lose this one.

Over in the Caribbean,
The Deshis were busy making themselves look silly in front of a second string WI attack.
It was a very good time to play well and make it look like they deserve the Test status.
Mind you they still have three days.
But the approach towards the batting was just unacceptable.
Credit must be given to Roach, Best and the rest for bowling well.
But the deshis should have applied themselves better at the crease.
Ashraful and a few other's dismissals were just suicide. You gotta give respect to decent bowling
Test matches can be played in such attacking fashion only by Sehwag and maybe Gilly.
Mortaza might be thanking God for the rain. coz it really saved some embarrasment. But, that wont always save them over the next few weeks.
For a nation whose people are such fanatics of the game, the Deshis must grow some balls and bat like men.
Let's see how these matches turn out over the next few days.
Somehow, i still see Bangladesh losing amidst all that rain. I wish they don't coz that'd be something they can't really have an excuse for.