Warne thinks that poms can trump great Aussie teams

skully wrote:I think Flower is displaying the most sense of the two. Warnie is just trying to deflect the attention from his Madame Tussaud looks.

Dello wrote:Better to burn brightly for a fleeting moment than to dimly flicker for a lifetime.

Who said that? Might've been me just than. In which case, let's add profound and pretentious to my long list of shaggable qualities.

Red wrote:http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/England-can-emulate-Aussies-20110814

"This current group of England players could become better than all
those Australian players as a team and individuals. All the signs are
good for England," he wrote in his Sunday Telegraph column.
"They have all the ingredients in place to dominate."

As individuals I'd agree that maybe a couple of the batsmen could possibly eclipse the Australians - except maybe Ponting. I don't think that holds true for the bowlers as individuals. I believe TGM and tgm are both a level up from any of our lot. However our current attack as a whole may well be better than its Aus equivalents. We seem now to have someone able to take the "crucial wicket" when a couple of batsmen are getting set.

As a team, if we do - and it's a big if - dominate the way Australia did, part of the reason will be the dearth of decent bowlers just now. I believe that with the possible exception of SA, every test side has a weak link in their bowling attack.

Vaughan and Alec Stewart agree.

The Ashes series victory in Australia earlier this year was a major
landmark and former England captain Michael Vaughan, who laid the
groundwork for their current success when sealing the home Ashes series
in 2005, is excited for the future.
"I really think this side
are going to dominate Test cricket for a period because of their
strength in depth, fitness levels, determination and the real hunger
they display," Vaughan told the BBC.
"It is not just this 11,
the depth of the 24 or 25 players England have to choose from is
fantastic - there is some great talent out there."
Fellow former
skipper Alec Stewart thinks England should win upcoming Test series'
against Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies and South Africa.



Meanwhile Flower believes they have some way to go before rivalling the great Aussie and Windian teams.

I'd say we need to comfortably win every home series and at least draw - if not win - away for at least the next two years before even thinking of this England side as matching those great teams.

Brass Monkey wrote:Don't know, myself Growler - McGrath, Warne, Gillespie and Kasprowicz(AN Other really) will be difficult to eclipse as a unit IMO.