Wow Shane Warne can talk sense! Without GBH & Freddie we would certainly be struggling to give you a decent game. Our reserve bowlers - Saggers. Kirtley, Anderson et al are not going to trouble the strong Aussie batting line up anywhere near as much and you need to take twenty wickets to WIN a test match. This England team do not have the mental scars of previous performers and that certainly makes them less vunerable to the finely tuned psycological warfare perpetrated by the aussies (like their rugby counterparts).

There's plenty of cricket between now and the ashes with the mouthwatering Border/Gavaskar trophy tests and Englands series away to the Saffers. It's too early for me to pin my colours to the mast.

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