Australia’s Ashes

The Kings’ amongst the Test series will begin in few days time in the very country that incepted the game of Cricket; England. The name itself, when heard reminds everyone about the Royalties and their Capitalist colonisation that robbed more than half of the wealth available across the whole world. For the very same reason, the blood of the shrewdest & proud country lover boils and erupts. Yet each one has their aspirations to visit the country of Britain at least once in their lifetime.

In Cricket, the Australians have demolished the Englishmen historically. The greatest of the great Test series have been witnessed amongst the two sides, in both the countries alike. For those who haven’t seen the 2005 Ashes played during English summer, has missed the cream of Cricket that was played during our lifetimes. The mightiest Aussies were brought down to their knees by some wonderful reverse swing bowling, exceptional catching and aggressive batting from the Englishmen.

 

In the forthcoming Ashes episode the times have changed with the English team enjoying the onus of being the best Test sides of the world currently. Ably lead by Cook and having the players like Trott, Pietersen, Bell, Prior, Anderson, Swann with Bairstow and Root as fresher’s, there is no doubt whatsoever in an Englishmen’s mind that the Aussies are here to be toast and fried and to be enjoyed with beer throughout the English summers. The experts too have decided the fates of the Kangaroos and have predicted a white wash at the hands of Englishmen. The articles written on the leading sports websites by the globally acclaimed columnist would add to the worries of the struggling Australians while the war of words initiated by the ex-English players would have added salt to the ripe wounds and exaggerated pain.

Knowing Australians and the way their Captain; Michael Clarke, leads, they would be eager to respond on field while staying away from mike and cameras. They do inherit the killing instincts and are culturally rude and have taken on the challenges bigger than their size. And to add some respite, they do have ammunition to combat the better English side. Glance at the Aussies on paper and you would find that the players like Watson, Warner, Hughes, Smith and Haddin can anchor alongside Clarke to post a formidable score allowing the fast bowlers trio; Pattinson, Siddle and Starc to ball their heart out.

The summers in England are pretty warm with clear skies and bright light allowing the perfect recipe for playing cricket. The extreme swing and bounce that can be seen during other season certainly vanishes and getting the runs becomes lot easier. With the armour of aggressive batters Australia would score their runs much quicker against the seamers and although the quality off spinners of Swann would trouble them, they are in with more than a chance of turning the tables on Englishmen. English seamers when compared are more rigid and less versatile on their offering. Whereas the Aussie pack has the dreadful outswingers of Starc, ruthless pace of Pattinson and faithful hardwork of Siddle. The team that everyone has decomposed, the one which has few heroes would fight eye-to-eye and would stag a fabulous Test series against the far better opponents. In the times when Test matches are struggling for their sheer existence the Ashes in England, by far the only Test loving nation, will provide an exceptional experience of Cricket to the extreme fan of Cricket who still believes that the longer format is the best of all.

If Clarke keeps winning the toss and if the batters gather form and collect huge numbers against their name and if the pitches don’t turn ferociously then Australians are in England to win this Ashes by two games to one.

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