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Written by Jonathan
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Friday, 29 December 2006 |
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Australia vs England 4th Ashes Test
What
a difference a year makes. Apparently still drunk with all that bubbly
and sorely lacking the on-the-field focus that Michael Vaughan was so committed
to, a haplessly underprepared English squad have proceeded to melt in the heat
of Australia's 'winter' leaving the urn next to the now-spreading puddle where
they once stood.
In
2001, Steve Waugh curiously chose not to go for the jugular and allowed England to
escape a whitewash, this will not be the case this time as Ponting wants to
send a global message at this moment of tremendous transition for his team.
Besides, it doesn't seem they have to work too hard to win these matches
do they?
The gut-punch resignations of Martyn, Mc Grath and Warne (with Gilchrist
perhaps preparing his press conference in two seasons) bear resemblance to the
Windies defections of 1988 (Holding, Gomes and Garner) with suggestions of
rancour colouring the air. I'll take the high road and note that family
matters had dogged the two bowlers for a few years now, say thank you for the
horrors and take pleasure in Windies recording the highest wicket average (31
per wicket) against Warne (thank you Brian).
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