Did any of us get the result of the series right? My "bet" before it started was 3-1 to Australia.

Well Glenn MacGrath's predicted 5-0 whitewash was well wrong anyway.

Before the series - I thought that this England team could win - as they were (and have proved to be) a good and effective unit. I didn't realise quite how good the Australian team were and how narrow the margin of difference was going to be.

I hear that both teams were talking together up to 10PM. This reminds me of one of those boxing contests where both say what terrible things they are going to do to each other and having done just that - immediately rush congratulate the only one who trully knows how narrow the difference was and how much effort was required to even compete at that level.

Nice also to see that today's victory parade will include the winning women's team.