England ready to unleash h**l on the Southern Hemisphere
The much awaited Ashes series is just less than a month away. As always this year’s Ashes is all hyped up. The English team is all set to depart for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and regain the Ashes. The pre-Ashes hype is well underway in both the
countries, but this time the major difference is the English side.
For the first time in about twenty years, England have an actual chance to win the Ashes on the Australian soil. The English side is looking at its best, with eighteen months of pure success which saw the English win the Ashes
at home, managing to draw in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. This English outfit surely looks to be in its prime.
England and Australia have a history of bad blood in the Ashes, with both sides launching a war of words almost every year just before the Ashes. The Australians particularly like intimidating the English, playing mind games almost
months before the actual series begins.
This time the English captain, Andrew Strauss claims not to indulge in the war of words and let the game do all the talking; but, we all know that this isn’t going to happen and perhaps Andrew Strauss knows that this year his side
has the maximum probability of taking the Ashes home, so why bother wasting energy in talking, when they can shun the Australians on the field instead.
The English captain, Strauss said that he was relaxed but at the same time excited about his team’s prospects in the upcoming Ashes. If England manage to pull off an Ashes victory in Australia, Strauss just might become England’s
best ever skipper for all times to come.
Strauss is not oblivious of the fact that Australia are toughest to beat in their own backyard. He remembers how hard it was the last time England were in Australia. Strauss said that the players along with him, who were in the
team that toured Australia, know what a tough place it is to tour but they also know it will be amazing to win against the Kangaroos in Australia.
The England and Wales Cricket Board has taken special measures this year to make sure that the team reaches a month earlier before the first test, so that the English side can familiarize itself and adapt to Australian conditions.
England surely are coming with a game plan this time. Last time it was a total nightmare for the English side, as the Australians ravaged the English 5-0, not just taking the Ashes away from the English side but also leaving them
disgraced and disrespected, since England were holding the Ashes before coming to Australia that year.
Nonetheless, Andrew Strauss is hoping to redeem the lost respect this time in the Southern Hemisphere. If everything goes according to England’s script, Andrew Strauss definitely plans on bringing the Ashes back home with him.
Strauss was quick to brush aside the concerns about injuries to James Anderson and Chris Tremlett saying that both the players were fit enough to play in the Ashes and he is not concerned for them.
This year Ricky Ponting just might have to make a fool-proof plan of tackling the English side, since Australia have not been impressive in their recent international fixtures, facing test defeats at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 most recently.
Another headache for the Australian skipper will be the injury hit players. Ponting will have few choices to pick from when he takes his players on the field against the victory hungry Englishmen on 25th November at the Gabba, Brisbane.
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