For me, this has been the most disappointing series ever. For me, the Ashes is the be all and end all of cricket.

The Hairgate issue, Muralitheran, Indian money, the asian voting block in the ICC, 20/20 cricket, the increase of meaningless ODI games..............the Ashes is now the only thing left in cricket that holds on to tradition and remains uncorrupted and pure.

Series like this puts the Ashes at threat and that saddens me. If the Ashes die, i will likely turn away from the international game for good.

And the end of the Warne/McGrath era is sad too. But at least i was around to follow the whole of their careers, and like my Grandad told me stories of the Bradman era, i will probably tell my grandkids stories of the Warne era. The time when cricketing giants walked the land....

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