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[Gerry SA]

I'm not sure Warner is a 'farm hand'.

His hundred at Hobart last year was fantastic on a green top.

He scored a hundred against Steyn and Morkel.

If Cowan was to be axed then watson would most likely open anyway.

[Tail Ender]

Keep underestimating them, guys.

[PedalsMcgrew]

No one is underestimating them. In England against the moving ball it will be a one sided contest. In Australia it will be a lot closer.

[Kulli]

The first bit of Kulli's comment if I'm not mistaken was about Bell. The second bit was about Hughes and Warner, which I tend to agree with at this point in time, in England, in swinging conditions!

Spot on.

[FvanN]

If Clarke is in the runs England could have a few issues.. But on paper I feel England will finish on top again. 

As long as lower ranked team wins i will be happy. 

[Tail Ender]

No one is underestimating them. In England against the moving ball it will be a one sided contest. In Australia it will be a lot closer.

A lot of Hughes' return to form can be attributed to his stint in County cricket last year, so he shouldn't have a problem. Don't get me wrong, England should win comfortably over there, but these guys are better than they're being given credit for.

[potzy248]

No one is underestimating them. In England against the moving ball it will be a one sided contest. In Australia it will be a lot closer.

Sounds like an Aussie fan talking about England Circa 2005. One sided? please.
I'm a Kiwi so will always go for England over Australia, but I think Warner will have a cracker of an away Ashes.

[Old boy]

the swinging ball in England will be the biggest challenge for warner, hughes and others. A lot of the aussie top 6 go pretty hard at the ball.

[The_Bird]

the swinging ball in England will be the biggest challenge for warner, hughes and others. A lot of the aussie top 6 go pretty hard at the ball.

chucking hands will never be effective in England, Cowan should do well.

[Wedge2408]

Dave Warner is dominating this t20! Looking very good!

[ProCricketer1982]

Dave Warner is dominating this t20! Looking very good!

Should have been caught easily though so he's been lucky.

[Wedge2408]

Should have been caught easily though so he's been lucky.

Fair enough, but a dropped catch doesn't show up in the scorecard .

Great innings by Warner, but overall a bit of a disappointing score for Australia. Hopefully they can bowl well and defend it.

[ProCricketer1982]

Fair enough, but a dropped catch doesn't show up in the scorecard .

That's true, that's the annoying bit about cricket though. People get lucky then dine off the innings for weeks, yet if the chances were taken (we are talking easy ones here, not some half/quarter chance) they'd be out for bugger all or just 'average'. Fair play to warner though, he's a T20 specialist. Don't like T20 though myself so can't say I watched much of it.

[Wedge2408]

That's true, that's the annoying bit about cricket though. People get lucky then dine off the innings for weeks, yet if the chances were taken (we are talking easy ones here, not some half/quarter chance) they'd be out for bugger all or just 'average'. Fair play to warner though, he's a T20 specialist. Don't like T20 though myself so can't say I watched much of it.

Yeah, I understand where you are coming from. But I guess in cricket you've got to capitalise on any chances you are given.
Also, I don't disagree that Warner is a t20 specialist, but I reckon he is now showing a bit at the test level. His average of 44.5 after about 15 tests is pretty good. He has improved his game a lot of the past couple of seasons.

[ProCricketer1982]

Yeah, I understand where you are coming from. But I guess in cricket you've got to capitalise on any chances you are given.
Also, I don't disagree that Warner is a t20 specialist, but I reckon he is now showing a bit at the test level. His average of 44.5 after about 15 tests is pretty good. He has improved his game a lot of the past couple of seasons.

I'm not going to be big headed enough to say he's crap etc, BUT, what I would say is Australia lack serious quality in the top 3/4 department and the world lack bowling (barring a couple). That will help over inflate his average and mean he doesn't really face any serious competition for a slot. Not saying he wouldn't have made it infront of the likes of Hayden, Langer, Slater etc... but if this sort of quality was around would he be in the ODI/Test sides?