there was a very interesting article on cricinfo about Micky Arthur. He said that the English leg of the Ashes was to "have a look" at the England team and devise plans to beat them in Aus, while giving it a go in England. Some of the Aus players where taken back by this plan, as clearly they had come to win. To me it looks like they have used up most of the plans in England, some very specific fields have been set for Root/Trott for example. I do get the feeling that while Australia are bowling well they are bowling at 100% and they couldn't bowl much better. They've bowled tighter and often better as a seam attack than England, only to come unstuck on the batting. I also think Flower will be working night and day to make it harder for Aus to nip out Cook and Trott in particular. It's a shame they have lumped the Ashes home and away together, it's maybe made the victory a bit more hollow.
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Topic: The Ashes 2013 (Read 150362 times)