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[The 22nd Yard]

I stood proven wrong! I guess the English media do love an Australian team when they loose!

[The_Bird]

Dropped catches, Bails glued to the stumps, backs against the wall batting, Powerful Prior, Overturned Decisions, Missed Plumb LBW's and Stuart Broad nearly decapitates himself whilst giving the quickest DRS appeal ever...Can England do it?

Test Cricket is King

[Colesy]

Tense stuff, can't sleep now

[The_Bird]

Awesome ton from Prior, rode his luck but he's stood firm.

[Cover_Drive]

How lucky for Broad, bails didn't dislodged.

[Cover_Drive]

Oh God! Williamson with golden arm!

[smokem]

Wow.... 2 quick wickets...

[rawpace]

Last over... can England do it?

[Cover_Drive]

And they have done it!

Not to forget terrific stuff from New Zealanders, truly unexpected.

Matt Prior is among the best fourth innings player I have ever seen from England and in world cricket at the moment. Sterling!!

[The_Bird]

epic stuff!

[Dan W]

What a finish!

[tim2000s]

I think, once again, that test cricket has once again proven why it is the greatest form of the game. Whilst a draw is supposed to be boring, I'd suggest that was anything but

In the meantime, all you Bell haters should be pleased that we have a player so bad in that position, that he's only scored 17 centuries at an average of 46.45 from 85 tests. You clearly weren't watching England play between 1989 and 2003...

[ppccopener]

absolutley, credit to Bell for the innings he played and Matt Prior who is becoming our most valuable player..

Bell is the most stylish English batsman since Gower but showed he has some grit to go with the class
whatever anyone thinks and indeed plenty of haters on this forum-he helped save a game for England.

He needed to play an innings like this and he did,you cant ask for more than that like him or hate him!
England have been out played in the series,massive credit to New Zealand-and I still think some head scratching is needed before the Ashes-not sure our batting order fits perfectly

[alba caerulea]

Well said Tim. The Bell-out brigade remind me of the so called Arsenal 'fans' calling for the head of Arsene Wenger. I can remember the dark days of Bruce Rioch as clearly as the days of Usman Afzaal and Chris Adams providing the steel in Englands middle order. Short memories some people

Although Bell didn't make the ton this time, that is irrelevant as England were never chasing the target. For the amount of balls he faced in that knock he deserves massive respect

As for Prior, just when you think he is the finished article he produces that. Unbelievable. I never thought this would be the case when he started out but I believe that he is 2nd only to Gilchrist as the best modern day keeper/batsman and the margin is not huge

[Buzz]

he is a better gloveman than Gilchrist, he needs to be a bit more selfish with the bat and score more hundreds, but we are splitting hairs.
we are lucky to have him.

and Bell for that matter.