Flintoff: England can beat Australia at Edgbaston

Third Test, day four close of play: England (376) lead Australia (263 & 88-2) by 25 runs. The third Test edged England's way on Sunday after Graham Onions had Simon Katich caught by Matt Prior and Graeme Swann bowled Ricky Ponting. Earlier in the day, Andrew Flintoff (above) pulled off his best batting total since the 2005 Ashes series. His 74 off just 79 balls helped England to a 113 first innings lead.

With fine weather forecast, there will be a minimum of 98 overs today because of the amount of play lost to rain so far. Flintoff believes this will be enough for England to take the Test and a two match lead in the series: "We need to take quick wickets in the morning, but this is a game we can win. We've got to believe we can do it. The first session is massive and we will have to be patient - who knows?"

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING:

Derek Pringle, Daily Telegraph: Another hearty Edgbaston crowd will be hoping that England, 25 runs ahead, can take Australia's eight remaining wickets and knock off any target set them. But this is Ashes cricket and unique pressures prevail, so all three results are possible should England need to chase over 170. If there is a winner, Andrew Strauss's team deserve to be it, on the evidence so far.

Mike Atherton, the Times: With so much time lost to rain and bad light, it is remarkable that England are contemplating victory at all. But from the second morning onwards the force has been with them, a belief reinforced in the last two sessions yesterday. Flintoff was the dominating presence in an afternoon session that brought 157 runs and saw England reassert their authority.

Kevin Mitchell, the Guardian: This is a poor Australian attack, one which England's batsmen, even the tailenders, flayed at an average of 4.02 an over, sometimes nearly six an over, briefly at 10 an over. The batting on either side you can safely assume is going to thrill and disappoint in equal measure, but there was abundant evidence again today, that these Australian bowlers are not to be trusted to live up to the expectations we have of them. ·