Dont you get the feeling something's missing from cricket like from May 2007 through to June 2009.
2 years of neither Ashes or World Cup's, then its like the circus comes to town again when the Ashes start in June 2009 and remains until the completion of the World Cup in 2010/2011 then back to the void.
Maybe we need something like a football Euro championship in between. Maybe Southern and Northern Hemisphere cups with the 2 winners playing off in the Global final ? I dont know but I think we need something because that space seems pretty empty.

No,the ashes might be the most important thing for me but i don't feel that there is anything missing between the series as you are watching your new players perform and looking at them to see if they are good enough to compete in the next ashes battle.

I am looking forward to the summer in England as it is a chance to say goodbye to the genius that is Lara.

And there are another nine test nations playing test cricket when England are not getting the stuffing knocked out of them by the Aussies.

And come to that, whenever there isn't a World Cup there is an ICC Champions' Trophy in the offing (and even when there is a World Cup there is an ICC Champion's Trophy in the offing).

We certainly do not need any more pyjama cricket.

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I'm looking forward to England's tour of NZ next summer and the aussies fielding their best side in the Chappell Hadlee series now that we've taught them not to take us lightly.

Unfortunately though Sky show a lot of overseas international cricket (from Aus, SA and England) its always overnight in NZ so can't say i'm too excited about any overseas tours as i wont see most of them.