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Fifth test, day five. I keep thinking, "You know, England are perfectly capable of losing this match today. By lunch, even." Goddamn nail-biter Ashes series! But I figure, pessimism is never out of place when you're hoping for an England victory, even when England are clearly the better team, aside from Shane Warne, god among spin-bowlers.

ETA: GODDAMNIT ENGLAND! What is this "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" thing?

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127-5.

It all looked so promising at 11am. :-(

*checks out of the window, scowls at all that blue sky and sunshine* Alas, I don't think that bad light is going to help us at all today.

Would it be too much to ask them to hold on until tea? Seriously. Just until tea.

I think Bell's off the team, though. He's had such an awful series.

They're trying. 310-8.

*crosses fingers*

The BBC scorecard webpage updates automatically every two minutes. Except when I stare at it and hit the refresh button every 30 seconds.

You know, Australia can't possibly score enough runs to win at this stage. It has to be a draw.

And that last line was not meant to jinx anything but you know, there are a maximum of what, 25 overs left?

22, someone said a few minutes ago, I believe. There are people conga-ing in the crowd, and it sounds like a rugby match with all the singing. I think the crowd have decided what the result is already.

And we're doing the bad light shuffle right now...

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