First of all I'm not an Aussie so there will be no bias here. But I will be supporting Australia in the Ashes. Becasue I just don't like English sports teams.
Theres been a lot of talk about this being a great potential series but I think people are getting carried away. England are definetly Number 2 at the moment, they have proven they are a very good test team. BUT Australia are still so far ahead imo.
For me a its a very good teams vs a Legendary team and Australia will be too good as usual.
What I think the Aussies will do
1: Ponting will score a lot of runs
2: Gilchrist willt ake games away from England
3: Martyn will score plenty
4: Katich will be hard to remove
5: Mgrath will we awesome again
6: Gillespie and kasper will be consistant as usual
7: Warne will Be too good and never let england settle
8: The openers will do the job most of the time, but I can see England getting early wickets at times, more so removing hayden, who isnt looking as good anymore.
Why England will struggle
1: Spinner isn't good enough, Giles won't trouble Australia
2: Their batting is good but against the aussies I think they might struggle
3: Might rely too much on a new player like strauss, even though hes been magnificent, playing Australia in tests is something else.
4: They will probably struggle vs warne
I don't think it will even be that close. England may win a test but probably after its too late. The ones they lose could be big losses.
And I hope it is that way too.
Theres been a lot of talk about this being a great potential series but I think people are getting carried away. England are definetly Number 2 at the moment, they have proven they are a very good test team. BUT Australia are still so far ahead imo.
For me a its a very good teams vs a Legendary team and Australia will be too good as usual.
What I think the Aussies will do
1: Ponting will score a lot of runs
2: Gilchrist willt ake games away from England
3: Martyn will score plenty
4: Katich will be hard to remove
5: Mgrath will we awesome again
6: Gillespie and kasper will be consistant as usual
7: Warne will Be too good and never let england settle
8: The openers will do the job most of the time, but I can see England getting early wickets at times, more so removing hayden, who isnt looking as good anymore.
Why England will struggle
1: Spinner isn't good enough, Giles won't trouble Australia
2: Their batting is good but against the aussies I think they might struggle
3: Might rely too much on a new player like strauss, even though hes been magnificent, playing Australia in tests is something else.
4: They will probably struggle vs warne
I don't think it will even be that close. England may win a test but probably after its too late. The ones they lose could be big losses.
And I hope it is that way too.