Ashes prediction

Oh as an aside - I meant to briefly make an Ashes prediction...

I was on The Baggy Green reading Ian's thoughts on the Aussie preparation for the upcoming Ashes series. Ian was pointing out how Phil Hughes is walking all over the English county sides scoring runs left, right and centre...

... personal opinion was that Hughes would probably have gotten a better working over playing against the Aussie womens A side or one of the local under 13 teams rather than in county cricket but that's my own thoughts...

Anyway my prediction is that - provided rain doesn't play a role - Australia wins all of the test matches without really raising a sweat.

The only thing that might way on the Aussies is the lack of a decent spinner just to plug up an end. Having said that, maybe Krezja will be handier in pommie conditions rather than on harder SA and Australian pitches...

... if he doesn't work they could probably give Bryce Mcgain and Mick Lewis another callup just to try and balance things out a bit!

Anyway - here are the dates for the five test matches for those who are interested:

Ashes 2009 Test Series
1st Test: Wednesday 8 July – Sunday 12 July (Cardiff)
2nd Test: Thursday 16 July – Monday 20 July (Lords)
3rd Test: Thursday 30 July – Monday 3 August (Edgbaston)
4th Test: Friday 7 August – Tuesday 11 August (Headingley)
5th Test: Thursday 20 August – Monday 24 August (The Oval)

What were they thinking?!

I don't mean to be too nasty - especially when the oke is gifting us runs galore - but seriously what were the Aussies thinking with bringing Bryce Mcgain over to SA?

I've just done a Google search on Mcgain's name and I see that a lot of cricket boards are buzzing with his name and his atrocious bowling performances in SA.

Hahahahaha I see there are lots of comparisons between him and Mick Lewis who got taken to pieces by Herschelle Gibbs in his ODI debut...