Reaction to the reaction.

Some of the media reaction following the Perth test has been very interesting. Some of the reaction coming from the camps has been interesting also.

The one main thing I want to talk about is the talk coming from both inside and outside the English camp that they may drop Steve Finn in order to play Tim Bresnan, mainly to lengthen the batting order. WTF?! In 5 innings in this series so far the Aussies have scored more than 350 once! In this test that England got well and truly smashed in it wasn't the bowlers issue. They well and truly did their job in scuttling the Ockers for 280 and 310. Its the batsmen that let you down.

The response to that isn't then to bring in a guy who isn't really a test match bowler and isn't really a test match batsman. You just need your batsman to deliver as they had been. Simple really. In saying that though I would move Bell to 5 and Collingwood to 6. Ian Bell is a dream to watch live!

Everyone seems to think Ponting will play but they have bought in Kahwaja (probably horrendously mispelled) as cover incase he can't make it. Would be a massive test for the young man and for Michael Clarke if they are thrown into cauldron at Melbourne basically performing those roles (test player and test captain) for the first time in what is possibly one of the biggest test matches in Australia for some time.

Thats about all really. Great fightback from the Aussies over here and now they take all the momentum to Melbourne. Not being one to repeat myself but I really do think who has the momentum is key in this series.