First they lose to a county side. Then Bangladesh thrash them in a one day game. Then they lose in a miserable fashion in a twenty20 match to England. Then McGrath keeps getting injured in the wrong moments to miss 2 of the 4 played tests of the Ashes.

And now, Essex has thrashed 500 in a day.

It could not have gotten any worse for the Aussies. Christmas has come early for England.

It all boils down to the Oval where Australia can still manage to save the summer by winning the match. A weird English summer of Ashes party comes to an end with the September 8th-12th final Ashes test.

The sporting world is full of anticipation.

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