They Think It's All Over ; Aussies Are Jubilant As England's Roar Sounds More Like a Whimper [Edition 2]

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WITH barely seven overs left at Headingley yesterday evening, a small group of fans on the top row of the Western Terrace took up the England Cricket Board's invitation, on a huge hoarding at the ground, to 'Roar For England'. 'Stand up,' they urged, 'if you're 1- 0 up.'

Earlier in this riveting Ashes series, during Andrew Flintoff's heroics at Lord's and even in the draw at Edgbaston last week, such behaviour would have encouraged a chorus of approval.

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They Think It's All Over ; Aussies Are Jubilant As England's Roar Sounds More Like a Whimper [Edition 2]

This time, the fact that the chanting lasted all of half a minute and roused about 20 souls to their feet suggested England's supporters had got the point -- and the car-crash drama of a second catastrophic England collapse confirmed it.

At that point, Australia, in reply to England's paltry 102, h...

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