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Old 01-12-2004, 09:25 AM in reply to Beny's post starting "Yes But i'm saying that you're going to..."
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Originally Posted by Beny
you're going to get smashed.
Beny,

Pride comes before a fall mate. I admit the Australians are looking good and that the Ashes will not be as easy as Ern predicts, but I still feel we have a chance. It is not purely down to Harmison and Flintoff. We have four bowlers in the PWC top twenty. The batting is possibly the most solid it has for many years. We have three young players coming through presurising the etablished batsmen for places. We have a captain who loves the Australians. Our keeper is highly rated by Gilchrist.

I would say that things will be closer than you think.

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Originally Posted by Stephen Fleming (in another interview)
England will have to play extremely well to compete. But they do have the personnel who can do that