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No arguments from me that this is the best chance the Poms have to win the Ashes, I really like the look of the team, a lot of new guys who haven't played against Australia before.
I think thats really important, these new guys seem confident and haven't been scarred by being killed by Australia before. In last few series they've been fielding a pretty similar team and the playes just seemed intimidated and dwelling on past defeats.
I really like the look of Strauss, he finally looks like the rock batsman you guys have needed to complement Vaughan. And even though Harmison and Jones sounds like a department store, I would rate your fast bowlers as one of the best attacks in the world.
Having said that, Australia to win and pretty easily. Is England still staging it as a 5 test series or have they dropped it back to 4? Anyway, if its 4, the score will be 3-0, if its 5, the score will be 3-1.
As for this series India vs Pakistan, I really hope India win. i really don't like Pakistan, I think they are dirty playersand bad sportsmen who mope around and don't have the spirit of the game. Having a captain like Inzamam just shows how bad their mindset is, if they want to get serious about winning they need to replace him as captain. It was plainly obvious in their recent tour here, on field he was a bad influence on the players, they had very slow over rates, sloppyness in the field, very little talk amongst the players, he wasn't encouraging the players but rather chastising them for something he could do no better at. As soon as he went off (mainly cos he's a fat potato), they players perked up, better performances, the chat picked up and the over rate increased - that was actually proven with numbers.
He is not a good example on the field. I think they might need to implement a similar system to Australia, where even though they have a captain, on field it is much more of a forum of senior players such as Ponting, Gilchrist, Lehmann (valued by Ponting for his captaincy experience) and Warne. Get rid of Inzy as captain, but still have the captain turn to him for advice.
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