To look on the slightly brighter side of the Ashes - the Aussie batting is distinctly flaky...apart from Smith and Labuschagne. We could do with someone like Burns/Malan/whoever having a big series ...and Root to keep firing.
Shame they’re two excellent players mind. Labuschange would fit our side like a glove.
I do have concerns regarding our attack. It’s all a bit samey
39 year old Anderson averages 35 in Australia
35 year old Broad averages 30 in Australia
32 year old Woakes averages 50 in Australia
I’m interested to see how Ollie Robinson performs after his successful summer.
Mark Wood has express pace but appears brittle - he’s the only bowler who possess anything different to what we already have.
Bess and Leach have average records.
In comparison to Australia:
27 year old Pat Cummins averages 21 in Australia
30 year old Josh Hazlewood averages 24 in Australia
Mitchell Starc averages 26 in Australia
Nathan Lyon averages 32 in Australia
That’s a pretty formidable bowling line up against our very, very brittle batting line up