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Originally Posted by RoyForPM
I Believe England's 2005 triumph was a fluke on their home turf. When the Poms come down under they are gonna cop some, for example 90 000 Melbournians on Boxing Day.
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Wow, good players aren't bothered by the crowd.
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England past away performances have shown they cant play away from home Aussies to win 5-0. Reasons Why?
England Lack in openers
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No, England have plenty of openers.
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Trescothik hasn't scored a ton against Aussies
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No, he hasn't, but he did manage to average over 40, which says a lot about how poor Australia's fielding was. The chances of it being any better this time around are very slim, as they lack the talent.
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Strauss struggled against leg spin
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Wow, I'm sure he'll correct that if he gets to face enough pies from MacGill.
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W/Keeper Jones poor glovemen/batsmen need some new talent
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Not really, Jones' glovework has been first-rate of late.
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Bowlers, not much swing down under
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Good bowlers can swing a ball anywhere.
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Aussie tracks compleelty differnt to pommy tracks, WACAs steepling bounce, adelaide and Sydney turning wickets
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With Giles and possibly Panesar in the attack England have the armoury if we get a SCG turner. When, prey, was the last time we had a proper WACA bouncer? Even if so, England's seam attack is infinately stronger so they're very likely to win out on such a pitch.
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Middle order if aussies had of taken catches in 2005 Pietersen would average about 15 as would Flintoff
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Yes, they might have done - but Australia didn't take catches, and haven't been doing for a long time (3-and-a-half years, now). To suggest they won't drop a load more in 2006\07 is fanciful.
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and Bell shouldn't even be playing county cricket
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You clearly don't know anything about the domestic game if you think so.
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Final reason, Brett Lee has matured and is the best bowler in the world, is bowling quicker than ever.
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That is perhaps the most ludicrous thing I've ever answered to. Even if he was bowling quicker than ever (which he's not) he's still not even in the top 20 in The World and I'd back him to get hammered again in 2006\07.