Agreed with the "it's gonna be cracker".. and if the Australians can stay away from cricket balls on the floor, they should be ok
I read in the Daily Mail a little while ago that Sir Glenn McEgo is once again predicting a whitewash with the Aussies mopping the floor with the English side...
Oh the English press won't report on the Ashes yet, with Beckham being dropped from the England football side, the new football season, Chelsea FC, a new England manager, Islamic terrorism and George W. Bush to keep it stoked before the Ashes... The Sun, the Mirror et al probably won't properly report on the Ashes until just before the 1st Test, with the Times etc sort of papers commenting on it a little earlier.