The Lancasterian, an Ashes victor in 2005 and 2009, told ecb.co.uk: “I think England are in a great position”.
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“After talking it over with my family, I know now is the right time to step away from cricket”, Harris said prior to the resumption of play on the last day of Australia’s tour game against Essex. “Individuals have got what they have needed, the build-up now is really exciting for the players”, Clarke added.
Harris had been determined to feature in the Ashes, having spent the past six months on a carefully managed program in an effort to be fully fit for the tour.
“He’s given his best for every team he’s played for and he loves winning, which is a great trait to have”. England do have an opportunity to regain the Ashes on home soil, but certain key aspects will have to go their way.
Cummins feels that the amount of preparation that he has been doing in recent times has kept him well prepared for the challenge ahead.
“There’s been some fine turf pitches and good tracks here. Though remember I am an Englishman”, said Butcher in a lighter vein. The way England played him in Australia wasn’t very good and if anything he’s probably bowling better. He believes Joe Root is playing “magnificently” and rates Ben Stokes as England’s most promising all-rounder since his own career ended. No one! Warne had exceptional control and an awesome amount of spin, and rarely ever bowled a bad ball.
“So I’ve just been up here bowling and getting used to the red ball”. This is the question that has been posed by Stuart Broad and the now-retired Graeme Swann and one which, for the sake of series-publicising opprobrium, has been read as rhetorical, with the implication being that England, despite serving the ball up for three of his nine Test centuries, do not rate him.
CHELMSFORD: A crack in Ryan Harris’s tibia brought a premature end to the Australian fast bowler’s career on the eve of the Ashes series, with the 35-year-old determining he could not put himself through another arduous rehabilitation and making the hard decision to retire. It’s not that I felt any pressure or anything like that.
“The pre-Ashes phoney war has been in full swing for a while now – and I’ve already been called a hypocrite”, said Anderson, England’s leading Test wicket-taker, in Monday’s edition of the Sunday.
“I was creating chances which didn’t go to hand”.
“It’ll be some good fun, I think”.
Those born here (as just over 70% of us were) are a bit more likely than average to watch (35.8%), and the 6.2% of us who herald from the birthplace of cricket, the United Kingdom, are a smidge more likely again to watch (36.5%).
“The last month or so this limited-over cricket has certainly given more reason for optimism”. We saw that Mark Wood came out and said something about Shane Watson spraying him a few years ago. I feel like I have trained quite hard lately, so I feel like I’m ready now and hopefully looking forward to Wednesday.
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Australia vice-captain Steven Smith (913) will defend his top slot in the Test batting rankings as he holds a five-point advantage over South Africa’s AB de Villiers.
