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[tushar sehgal]

Maybe it's because us English are more confident that we can win back The Ashes than win the World Cup! Have you seen England play ODI cricket lately??

Haha Paul, oh you of little faith...nobody thought India would in 80's or Pakistan in 92 or SriLanka in 96...be pessimistically optimist and you never know ...i Think if English batting clicks they have a great chance as bowling unit and fielding is pretty good..good batting can overcome poor leadership

[SOULMAN1012]

Have you seen England play ODI cricket lately??

More too the point have you seen England play cricket full stop recently not been our finest hour on or off the pitch over the last 12 months

[WalkingWicket37]

More too the point have you seen England play cricket full stop recently not been our finest hour on or off the pitch over the last 12 months

The Ashes tour was like the 90s revisited!!

[jwebber86]

there is still enough for a new captain and coach before the ashes especially as the world cup is down under

[Stuey]

The Ashes tour was like the 90s revisited!!

To be fair there were some pretty tasty bowling attacks around then, Windies 4 quicks led by Ambrose, Pakistan with wasim and waqar, Australia with mcdermot and of course big merv, SA with Donald and co etc etc. Those tours were pretty tough, the only real quicks now are the SA attack and Johnson. I imagine if Atherton, Stewart, butcher, ramps, hick etc were playing now their averages would be higher.

[frooper11]

Got tickets for Day's 2 and 3 at Cardiff, the Friday at Edgbaston and the Saturday of the Trent Bridge test, can't wait.

[jwebber86]

one more sleep. this time tomorrow i will just be getting home. shame about the slight drizzle and the train strike but nothing can ruin my excitement.

i feel like a kid at christmas again

[Six Sixes Cricket]

Not much affected train wise tomorrow but Friday's looking ridiculous at getting home. Great time for these twats to strike

[TangoWhiskey]

I've got tickets to the 3rd day at Lord's. First time I've managed to get tickets for an Ashes test. I can't wait!

[L21]

Going to the Oval, day 3 Saturday.

Last time I had Ashes tickets was Day 4 and it was rained off. The following day was the memorable evening when England were close to winning and the umpires called light!

Hoping this year will be my first ever Ashes Test match!

Fingers crossed

[Neon Cricket]

The following day was the memorable evening when England were close to winning and the umpires called light!

I was there, best day of test cricket I've been to since '05 - had tickets for the last day of Edgbaston, incredible scenes.

[tim2000s]

I'll be at Lord's on the Sunday.

[MD2812]

Got a ticket to Oval day 5, England need 6 to win the ashes off the last ball, smashed by Joe Root. I catch it and scamper out sharpish to watch the celebrations with the ball that won the ashes in my pocket.

Later negotiate with Root to give him the ball he deserves in return for 2 bats a season for the next 10 season