Lords Prediction

First things first, england havent beaten the aussies at lords for a very long time, 1934 infact. I dont think too many things have changed, expect a bit of the last test, if England win the toss they will post a big total as this Lords pitch looks very slow, hence the question why isnt steve harmison playing, rumours last night indicate big steve will not be playing tomorrow. Graham onions will be taking Monty Panesars place in the XI. Looks like England again want to make sure their tale is invisible, they have bowlers who contribute more to the game with the bat! 

Remember the goold old days when you had bowlers like Kurtly Ambrose and Glenn Mcgrath both who didnt know how to even hold the bat, never mind playing a reverse sweep! But both would take a lot of wickets and do what bowlers are supposed to do, get wickets!

England should play either Anderson or Broad not both of them, if the ball isnt swinging they are utterly useless! Big steve should be playing, hes got the aussies quaking in their boots, they do not want to face him, no way, i mean who would you play somebody that has got wickets against the west indies or someone that has got wickets against Australia?!

I think if England can force the game a bit more with the ball, pick BIG Steve, keep Monty in the XI then they will win at Lords. The aussies have a great record at lords and look out for peter siddle bowling down the slope at lords, mark my words he will get big wickets, by the way i am also running a poll for lookalikes, and peter siddle is a like for like for arjen robben, or maybe toady from neighbours!

If England win the toss, they should bat first, on what looks like a slow pitch, they WILL get a big total, strauss and cook have a lot to prove, and they have another life less pitch to prove how good they are! Expect to see cook get an LBW as usual, strauss has a great record at lords, put your money on him making a big century. 

All in all, i dont think Englands bowling attacks strong enough to control the aussie century makers, they are not disciplined enough, and there is always a question on the lines and lengths that Anderson and Broad bowl, Otis gibson needs to take a serious look at his role in the team management, lets just be real, he wasnt a world class bowler, and he hasnt played against the aussies before, and so far we havnt seen any plans that he has hatched for the australian batsmen, the great michael holding made a great point on how in instructed the west indian bowlers not to bowl at ricky pontings stumps, and ever since then he hasnt got a century against them, whilst England were bowling to straight to ponting who just plucked them away for fun.

The Australian Bowling attack is too workman like, and not ruthless as previous attacks. Mitchell johnson has been attrocious, he hasnt got the ball to swing, and has being bowling to wayward to dominate the England batsman. As i said earlier Peter Siddle will be the stand out bowler for me in this match and will be a site to watch bowling on the slope, he will get wickets.  But i dont think they will bowl England out twice. 

My prediction is again going to be a DRAW.