As the 2009 Ashes beckons, i am goin to be constanytly blogging througthout the Ashes series. I reckon England will pick the XI that everyone thinks they will, they will play 2 spinners, due to the slow turning pitch at cardiff, expect reverse swing to come into play very early as well. The Aussies havnt had much cricket whilst theyve been in England, they were in Leicester for just over a week, and from seeing them at close quarters those boys love their beer! They are seriously big drinkers, and they were seen at the bar every night, i must be honest though i only saw Ricky Ponting once, and he wasnt drinking with the boys, he looked very serious! It was a smart move going Leciester, as they have some of the best indoor nets in the UK, and with the predictable british weather, there were not going 2 get many outdoor net sessions. Both of the warm up matches they played in were not that impressive, they failed to win either match, but brett lee's bowling with the old ball has impressed me, he finally seems to have mastered reverse swing, stuart clark seems to be pontings control bowler, haurtiz has been very flat, and has been targeted throughout.
Whereas England have been impressive, both the Lions and England, Steve Harmison has been very impressive, exposing Aussie opener hughes, with the short bowl, Ponting hasnt got any big scores but dont get too excited as he will get big hundreds when it matters the most.
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I think the Australian batting line-up could be exposed if the England bowlers can fire on all cylinders.
ReplyDeleteCredit to Steve Harmison who gave England selecters a headache with re-discovering his best form in the Lions match since his annihilation of the West Indian team in 2005.
Harmison could be on stand-by duties if one of the english bowlers under-perform. Written off by the cricket world who might have suggested he was "past it", credit to a player who hasn't given in , just yet.