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Absolutely. My view is we should never feel sorry for the Poms :p They give it to us when they win so we should take much delight in winning 5-0.. I'm hoping we beat them by an innings in the 4th or 5th test!! Bring on boxing day :D

Wiki actually gives the % figures for wins after winning the toss.. its pretty marginal. Imo, its played no part in this series. England has been dominated by our bowling in 1st and 2nd innings of each test.

Agree, but the Waca pitch was about as deteriorated as they come but wasn't key to getting them out i.e no wickets came from deviations in the crack and spin wasn't the main wicket taker. The English actually put up a really good fight. In the past Ashes the deteriorating pitch has benefited...

I?m not convinced the toss plays such an important role, only a slight physiological role at best.. In Brisbane, our most convincing win, we crumbled in our first batting innings on a good batting pitch. We won from brilliant bowling which had little to do with the pitch (first and second...

Haha, It's hardly the aim of the sport.. it's just adding in another variable. It's more interesting when the weather and ground conditions can be used to the advantage of a team.. add in wear of the ball and you can have swing and turn changing over time. Not sure any other sport has...

I thought it was fantastic.. brings another element into the game which the bowlers love. It would be boring if all the pitches were all exactly the same. It's a bit like the variety in the tennis grand slam, grass in wimbledon, clay in france and different hard courts here and US.