by nick richardson, 23 May 2013
I, along with many other Aussies, spent our autumn afternoons watching what was a disappointing showing by Australia in India. This sub-continent failure has caused an echo of comments relating to how bad the Aussies are and how easily England will steamroll the visitors. Unfortunately this one series has blown things out of proportion and [...]
by Jacob Kratzmann, 23 May 2013
Today Australian Cricket Captain Michael Clarke, along with the rest of the squad to tour England, departed on their endeavor to win back the Urn. Included in that departing squad were the battling keepers, Brad Haddin and Matthew Wade, who will fight for the spot behind the stumps for the Aussies. They will have a [...]
by AAP, 23 May 2013
England might be overwhelming favourites to win the Ashes series, but the latest directive from coach Andy Flower suggests the champions aren’t feeling as comfortable as the bookies. The England press is reporting that Flower has banned his players talking about the Ashes until after the Champions Trophy is finished. Gagging his players ahead of [...]
by Jason Gillespie, 22 May 2013
Last week I talked about Australia’s seam bowlers. Let’s now look at Australia’s batting options for the upcoming Ashes series. Ed Cowan is a solid opening batsman, has a strong defence and plays the ball late and straight. These are great traits of a top order player. With a Test average of just over 30, [...]
by Ronan O'Connell, 21 May 2013
Amid the frenzied analysis and criticism of the Australian Ashes squad, England’s shortcomings have largely been overlooked. Predictions of back-to-back Ashes cakewalks for the Poms have been made by pundits apparently oblivious to the changes in the Test cricket landscape the past two-and-a-half years. England is a budding superpower no more. Since their 3-1 domination [...]
by nick richardson, 19 May 2013
Jackson Bird could be the decisive factor in the Ashes and is a must in the first Test at Trent Bridge. Bird had his Test debut against Sri Lanka in Melbourne. In that match he took four wickets and showed why he’d averaged 19 in the shield. Bird’s strength is his ability to bowl line [...]
by nick richardson, 18 May 2013
Leading to the Ashes there has been a lot of speculation about the line-up of the Australian team and how effective the Australians will be in English conditions. David Warner has played 19 Tests for an average just under 40. Warner has been criticised for being inconsistent and not valuing his wicket. He has been [...]
by Luke Doherty, 18 May 2013
When Australia’s cricketers step off the plane at Heathrow they shouldn’t do so with a sense of impending doom hanging over them. The old enemy has painted itself as a side primed and ready to retain the Ashes – about to produce a performance that will send Australian cricket into a spiral of panic and [...]
by Tim Holt, 17 May 2013
It is either the whiskey clouding my senses or a touch of the seniles kicking in, with me struggling to think of a time in my over 60 years of watching when an Australian team has entered an Ashes series with so much uncertainty attached to it. Most have predictably labelled the squad as the [...]
by Alec Swann, 17 May 2013
Has the penny finally dropped for Shane Watson? Another chance to finally prove that there is a bonafide Test match cricketer somewhere in there will have to wait for a couple of months yet. But there are signs that some common sense is sneaking through the bravado. The Indian Premier League may do little more [...]
Without doubt cricket’s most important Test Series, The Ashes competition was founded in 1882 and is played by cricket’s oldest Test nations, England and Australia.
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