How England Won the Ashes in Australia - 2010/11

[Gargamel]

Right, the Summer is over, England won everything, six out of six tournaments or series, all formats.

The Squad is annouced, and as crack a crack unit of cricketers as ever left our sceptred isle they are too.

Aussies are bound to get lucky once, and one will be a draw, so England will win 3-1
Jimmy Andersen leading wicket taker
Andrew Strauss over 500 for the series

What say our Antipodeans?

[Gargamel]

POMS5CRIMS0 said:

We're gonna paste those whinging s into oblivion!

COME ONNNNN YOUUUUUUUUUU ENNNNGURLANNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!

Have some of this!

Oh nicely put

Edited by Gargamel on Thursday 23 September 19:27

[Gargamel]

I know Jimmy was smashed all over the park last time out, but I think he is a different player now, he has more variety and control than last time.

Finn, Broad, James and Swann. Looks a decent line up.

Cook worries me

[Gargamel]

Bell will play before morgan does, if KP fails then Morgan will play with the license that KP has to hit out.

[Gargamel]

So the Aussie choke in another game

Who is the next Aussie captain going to be....will it be before the Ashes or after ?

[Gargamel]

If the Aussies can't even bowl Sachin out, what hope have they got against Strauss and Cook ?

[Gargamel]

chimster said:

Gargamel said:

If the Aussies can't even bowl Sachin out, what hope have they got against Strauss and Cook ?

Tendulkar is a class act though. Strauss and Cook ain't. :-)

Sachin, overated. Cook is much the better bat.

[Gargamel]

Difficult to call the England attack,

Finn Might end up being the leading wicket taker, if he can get the lengths right, and not try to bowl flat out all the time.

Anderson was carted last time, but I think he has really developed since then and is a more patient bowler now.

Broad, easy to wind up, loses patience, can't see him doing the hard yards under the hot sun, bowls to short, and the Aussies will love to pull him.

Swann, well he might have a field day, especially against the lefties, but will he get the drift with the other ball. Not sure.

If Broad gets the right advice, I think he will be a handful, but I am not sure he can bowl to a plan the same way Anderson can, gets worked up and then loses a bit of control.

[Gargamel]

Swanns big thing is bowling a lefties (great against Aus)

But he doesn't get big turn off the pitch, its the drift of the ball in the air, which is ok with the duke ball, bigger seam etc, and of course in England the wind is often a factor.

I'd hate to see him relying on footmarks etc or being used like Giles to bowl two feet outside leg stump to an 7 - 2 leg field.

However he certainly has a touch of golden arm about him

[Gargamel]

chimster said:

Leithen said:

That Sachin bloke - rubbish eh!

Clearly some people are entirely immune to irony. FFS the guy has over 14000 test runs.

Is North, Clarke and Hussey the soft underbelly of the Aussie Squad. Poor show today.

Could be close....

[Gargamel]

No problem,

Aussies look set to get humped today, India need 207 to win and are 86 for 1 wicket, 60 overs remain.

Not looking good, although obviously India would be happy if they had a world class player like Cook still to come in, instead of this Sachin Johnny.

[Gargamel]

5pen said:

Can the thread title be changed so that it's not tempting fate? It could turn out to be the worst prediction since Johnfm changed his name to Aussies5Poms0 before the last Ashes series?

No, it is a great prediction, Clearly any Englishman is naturally superior to the convict nation.

They have only one decent player and he is in his twilight years, I am looking for to watching KP hoist their so called bowlers to all parts of the ground.

I doubt Hilfenhaus will get more than two overs per innings, as our chpas help themselves to the Buffet fare on offer

[Gargamel]

DJC said:

Put simply both sides arent that much cop at the moment.

How can you say this... Australia have lost 10 of the last 13 outings in all formats, England have won home test series against Pakistan, Drawn Away wih SA, Won the T20 world cup, beaten everyone we have played in Onedayers (including SA)

We are on a good run, with a decent unit.

[Gargamel]

DJC said:

Have you watched us play recently?

Seriously?!?!

The batting unit hasnt put together a decent conhesive performance all summer. We have either relied on someone making a decent score or the bowlers saving our arse. Our *best* batsman cant buy a run. Our middle order is once again undecided and one of the openners and Vice Captain was one innings away from a turfing out earlier in the summer.

Oh and our best bowler just had his rib broken.

Strauss - form of his life
Jimmy will be fit for the warm ups so no big deal
Swann, probably the best off spinner in the world right now.
Cook - OK so has had a dip, but made a century in the last test.

As for relying on someone to make a decent score, yes we do that - for the last four years its been KP predominatly, he will be back demolishing the bowling, have a little faith.


I think Ponting would swap 'our' problems for his problems

[Gargamel]

webbyst said:

K P has to play , he will give the aussie's as good as he gets & probably more verbally , just wish he'd spent a few months with Goochie & Ramps sorting his alleged left arm over batting problems ,

Really thought England missed a trick with K P going to south africa, All it needed was to get a dozen decent left arm club bowlers to bowl at him for a few days ,

Edited by webbyst on Monday 1st November 18:55

Its a classic confidence thing, when he trusted his eye the footwork against the lefties never bothered him. Since the runfest came to an end, he has started having "coaching" on his technique.
I hope he gets back into the groove, last time round in AUS he was our top scorer and averaged 44 per knock for the series .... pundits still reckoned he had a bad series !

KP can't win, if he hits 85 and top scores in the innings, then he should have made 150, if he hangs in there makes a 70 ball 20 playing "responsible cricket" he eventually goes to a left arm because its not his natural game.

Need Cook, Strauss and Trott to play at least 30 overs before KP gets shown a ball

[Gargamel]

Fri Nov 5 - Sun Nov 7
Western Australia v England XI
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth S

Thu Nov 11 - Sat Nov 13
South Australia v England XI
Adelaide Oval

Wed Nov 17 - Sat Nov 20
Australia A v England XI
Bellerive Oval, Hobart

Thu Nov 25 - Mon Nov 29
1st Test - Australia v England
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Fri Dec 3 - Tue Dec 7
2nd Test - Australia v England
Adelaide Oval

Fri Dec 10 - Sun Dec 12
Victoria v England XI
Melbourne Cricket Ground

Thu Dec 16 - Mon Dec 20
3rd Test - Australia v England
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Sun Dec 26 - Thu Dec 30
4th Test - Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground

Mon Jan 3 - Fri Jan 7
5th Test - Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground

Mon Jan 10
Prime Minister's XI v England XI
Manuka Oval, Canberra

Wed Jan 12
T20I - Australia v England
Adelaide Oval

Fri Jan 14
2nd T20I - Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground

Sun Jan 16
1st ODI - Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground

Fri Jan 21
2nd ODI - Australia v England
Bellerive Oval, Hobart

Sun Jan 23
3rd ODI - Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
N/A

Wed Jan 26
4th ODI - Australia v England
Adelaide Oval

Sun Jan 30
5th ODI - Australia v England
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Wed Feb 2
6th ODI - Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground

Sun Feb 6
7th ODI - Australia v England
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth




That is a long tour....

[Gargamel]

6th straight defeat for the Aussies in all formats - building momentum nicely for the Ashes

[Gargamel]

Broad doesn't seem to mind the different ball or the hard bouncy wickets.

Nice figures, WA declared on 242-8

[Gargamel]

The Aussie go down again to Sri Lanka, oh dear, comedy fielding, Hauritz is becoming the new Ashley Giles (gets wickets with a straight one...)

Whilst I am sure they will be back, this can't be helping

[Gargamel]

Good article here if you have a moment

http://blogs.cricinfo.com/andyzaltzman/archives/20...


Bell and Colly half centuries this morning, slightly under par score but thats two more batsmen who will be feely a little less pressure