First Test: Australia vs England at the Gabba
This is it, it's finally here!! The biggest series of the year arrives with both teams reeling from injuries to key players from the playing eleven. Watson is out while Bell and Harmison will enter the game with injury clouds.
Every player will come under the microscope in this game and each player has something to prove. If they fail, they'll be under intense scrutiny and pressure to retain their spot as each squad has players snapping at their heels.
Australia has had good form of late in the one-day arena, winning the DLF Cup and the Champions Trophy. England lost to the Prime Minister's XI and had tame draws against South Australia and New South Wales in practice games. The Aussies will be hell-bent on reclaiming the Ashes, their quest starts now.
Get set for a mouth-watering series, this series has been anticpated for some time.
Let the battle begin!!
Australia XIII: Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Shaun Tait, Glenn McGrath (2 to be omitted)
England XIII: Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Ed Joyce, Paul Collingwood, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Geraint Jones, Matthew Hoggard, Ashley Giles, Monty Panesar, Stephen Harmison, James Anderson (2 to be omitted)
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Steve Bucknor
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Thursday: Fine, 32
Friday: Fine, 32
Saturday: Fine, 31
Sunday: Fine, 31
Monday: Fine, 34
Game starts at 8am AWST (10am local time, midnight GMT)
This is it, it's finally here!! The biggest series of the year arrives with both teams reeling from injuries to key players from the playing eleven. Watson is out while Bell and Harmison will enter the game with injury clouds.
Every player will come under the microscope in this game and each player has something to prove. If they fail, they'll be under intense scrutiny and pressure to retain their spot as each squad has players snapping at their heels.
Australia has had good form of late in the one-day arena, winning the DLF Cup and the Champions Trophy. England lost to the Prime Minister's XI and had tame draws against South Australia and New South Wales in practice games. The Aussies will be hell-bent on reclaiming the Ashes, their quest starts now.
Get set for a mouth-watering series, this series has been anticpated for some time.
Let the battle begin!!
Australia XIII: Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Shaun Tait, Glenn McGrath (2 to be omitted)
England XIII: Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Ed Joyce, Paul Collingwood, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Geraint Jones, Matthew Hoggard, Ashley Giles, Monty Panesar, Stephen Harmison, James Anderson (2 to be omitted)
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Steve Bucknor
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Thursday: Fine, 32
Friday: Fine, 32
Saturday: Fine, 31
Sunday: Fine, 31
Monday: Fine, 34
Game starts at 8am AWST (10am local time, midnight GMT)