I will be driving to Scotland on Wednesday , talk about bad timing.
Really looking forward to this series. The Aussie seamers are good, spin options limited, I expect dry hard wickets.
Englands Top order need to perform better than against NZ.
I said to an England supporter back in March the aussies would win this whilst he laffed at me because they were in the process of getting white washed by the indians.
I stand by that prediction. It's a funny thing the ashes. England won in 2005 cos McGrath trod on a ball. They won in 2009 because Panesar blocked for 40 minutes. 2007 and 2010/11 went to the better team, but it doesn't always go to form. Funny things happen in the ashes. Changing their management and their batting line up two weeks before the fight begins make the aussies look unprepared. But it's a funny ol game, eh greavsie.
300 I wish, with Swann, Finn and Anderson still to come I think we will be lucky to get 230/240. But this is typical to me, an overcast day, ideal bowling conditions for Anderson, Broad etc, win the toss and bat first.