Can’t write off Oz, can’t question the English

They used to bring this up to suggest Aussies may finally lose. Now, they just can’t keep losing; they may finally win.

Welcome back.

England don’t seem to like Brett Lee too much. Andrew Symonds will be coming back too.

Batting machine has been rolling.

Adam Gilchrist, Mathew Hayden, Damien Martyn, Michael Clarke, and Mike Hussey have all been getting starts. Only worry is Ricky Ponting.

Dangerous to right ’em off

Glen McGrath and Jason Gillespie are the people you write off at your own peril.

Brittle Opposition.

Mohammed Ashraful showed Englishmen can be torn apart. Under siege, they have a tendency to fall apart.

England

Just keep up the good work

England don’t have to do much different than they have been doing.

Kevin Pieterson

Pieterson proved to be the surprise package in the last match. Aussies still have to show they have his number.

Steve Harmisson

If Harmisson keeps doing what he did in the last game, it is going to be mighty tough for Aussies to set targets they can defend.

It’s all in the mind

England are currently up on the mental scale and would want to rub salt into Aussie Somersetian and Bangladeshi wounds.

All rounders

In Andrew Flintoff and Paul Collingwood, England have found two reliable all-rounders that provide them with the balance.