Our team just needed to be home, for whatever reason. Ricky Ponting is a different man and just looks so relaxed and the guys needed their team mates out there in the sunshine. Australia has worked long and hard at being a team and it's the team spirit which won this test. The World Eleven looked awesome on paper but it's another classic example, like the Blind Faith derivative band after the legendary Cream, that the whole is not the sum of the parts. Each one of those World Eleven players is outstanding in his own right, but they function in relationship to their own team. The World Eleven, certainly gave us some mighty moments, but in the end, it's a team which wins a test series. Winning by 210 was fantastic and as I said before, we didn't lose the Ashes because we have never had them. The guys did a great job and the test was well worth the watch. I also appreciated the commentaries, and discussions of the various new technical aids and sticky cricket decisions.The spinners have come into their own this time.
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