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It took three Tests, but finally Australia showed their class and destroyed England in three days. But unlike the 5-0 drubbing they had in Australia last time, this is a good thing for England for the following reasons:
- They have a respected new captain-coach (Strauss-Flower) pair who are there for the long run and can make the necessary adjustments to learn from this debacle.
- People forget that this is the first Test loss for England since their collapse in the second innings of the first match of the West Indies tour. They have come a long way since then.
- Bell and Bopara were never going to be England's saviors. It is high time that they are removed via failures by this and let England test newer blood.
- Broad makes a small step towards replacing Flintoff as the all-rounder in the team. That helps England play 4 bowlers in addition to him.
- If England win the Oval Test, they would have won the series fair and square against an in-form Australian team. No more silly talk of beating a team weakened by whatever.
At the same time, this should not detract from the fact that the Australians are back to their most dangerous form. Except for the Broad-Swann partnership, they hardly put a foot wrong. India and South Africa have their task cut out for them to take the Test crown back.
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Broad + 4 looks like one too many.
Broad strikes me like another Agarkar type lower middle order batsman, he'll score runs in no pressure situations. Not going to impact a game with the bat.
Right now the batting ends with Prior, and you can take Bopara out of that list.
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