Well done, England's cricketers!
Having retained the Ashes in the fourth test match, they duly completed the job at Sydney earlier today by beating Australia by an innings an 83 runs to win the series 3-1.
This has got to be the best England team for many a year - and the poorest Australian team for many years too. But despite the Australian shortcomings, we should take nothing away from England who batted well and always looked as though they could bowl the Aussies out - which you have to do twice to win cricket matches.
Presumably Alastair Cook has been or will be named man of the series with a fantastic 766 runs in five matches, but many players hit excellent form during the series.
The team has been followed by the unique "Barmy Army" and the support must have been inspirational to the team. For the fifth day of the fifth test, the ground was taken over by the Army, and there's a fantastic picture on the BBC website that sums up the ebullient mood of anticpated victory as Anderson took a catch in front of the Army. See the picture here.
Marvellous.
So as Andrew Strauss raised the smallest trophy in sport, let's say again: Well done, boys.
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