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Some of you guys have thrown the towel in a bit early haven't you? Yeah, it was an awful day for Australia. But England are 89 in front, hardly a position of safety. If we can bowl them out of anything that leaves us chasing 190 then we can still win this. Everyone knows that wickets can fall...

Yep, Flintoff has retired and we are playing at home. I am quietly confident of our chances, certainly, a lot more confident compared to most other people. Although, I do wonder whether some people are intentionally over-stating how worried they are about England to lessen the pain if England...

Michael Clarke does have a reputation, based on fact or otherwise, of going missing when the heat is at its hottest. The Gabba test is likely to decide the series, and now Clarke's back is starting to get to him. FFS.

Okeefe has played a handful of first class games, he has no right to feel cheated at all. Xavier Doherty's record over the last two seasons has been strong; his overall FC average is obviously heavily influenced by his performances up to 9 years ago, which really doesn't a fair indication of his...

Not overly surprising that Hauritz was dropped after his performance in India - and his performance in the domestic competition. Really seemed like he was on the verge of totally losing his game. Doherty at least has a more than respectable shield record over the last 2 or 3 seasons. Hauritz's...

I'm not overly fussed over Siddle or Bollinger to be honest, although, if pressed I'd probably go for Bollinger. However, back to back test matchs does have me a bit worried on the fitness of Bollinger with one FC match under his belt. I guess the selectors have a decision to make on that one -...

Siddle is also a more effective lower order batsmen then Bollinger.

Well, the wait is nearly over for the return leg of the Ashes from 2009. A chance for redemption for some players, while, equally, some players face the possibility of the termination of their playing careers if the cards don't fall their way. Most people, both at home and abroad, are having...

Yep, my bad thanks edward. The word is that Siddle will get the nod over Bollinger as well, not sure if I agree with that, but that is the way the selectors are leaning.

My source is telling me that Doherty is going to get the nod over Hauritz - the idea of having two spinners (Doherty and North) that turn the ball in opposite directions gives more variety to the attack. The 12 man squad will be this: 1) Ponting (c) 2) Michael Clarke (vc) 3) Shane Watson 4)...

At the end of the day, i think Katich and Hussey are fairly easily replaced - Im not being disrespectful to their ability, because they are both fine players. However, middle order batsmen are fairly easily replaced. I see Kwajawa as almost a ready made batsmen ready to make the step-up to test...

Come on Clocker, mate. Don't get caught up in the hyperbole. The series is still 0-0 and a ball is yet to be bowled. Hell, we saw before the 2009 Ashes when the Poms were rolled for 51, and lost a captain and a coach, yet they still won the Ashes. So, all is not lost for us. People are...

On current form, you really can't tip Australia to regain the Ashes. We might get away with a drawn series, but you just can't see us winning it at the moment. You'd figure that in 5 test matchs, we are going to have a shocker some wear along the line and that will cost us a match, meaing we...

Sorry, I didn't include Katich primarily because of lack of match practice/fitness. The use of 'form' was misleading. Indeed, Jacques lost his spot to Katich because Jacques got injured. At this point, Jacques has never been mentioned again for Australian selection which seems unfortunate...

First, I'll give you a tip. Use paragraphs. Secondly, Michael Clarke does have the respect of the players, just because a news paper article says he doesn't does not make it so. My team for the first test. Watson Hughes (Katich not considered because of lack of match fitness and form) Ponting...