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I predict two years in the test wilderness maybe longer now

No - most shield sides would best the 5th and 6th test nations.

South Africa
India
England
Australia
New Zealand

rest are crap at Test cricket. Heck, in Australia England lost 3 or 4 - 0
 
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Johnson looks cooked.
Warner, Bancroft, Smith, Ferguson, Burns, M.Marsh, Nevill, Starc, Pattinson, Hazlewood, Lyon

There's the XI going forward for me.
Would love to see Doran, K.Smith, Head, Behrendorf, Silk and Handscomb smash the door down in the next couple of years.
 

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So next Ashes series in England, do we send our batters over to play a bit of county cricket before the real stuff starts?
 

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Nah we just pick better players. Sean Marsh, Clarke and Voges were the difference in the end (plus bowling attack was wrong).

Aside from this game, the only Australian batter who has looked remotely comfortable in traditional English conditions, is Rogers. We played well in Lords, but the pitch was a road, and the weather was closer to what you'd usually get in Australia than England.
 

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Love how the crowd make bronx cheers at Australia reviewing the Root wicket, thinking that its miles away from bat
Next minute there's a little blimp on snicko
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Get Rooted England
 

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No - most shield sides would best the 5th and 6th test nations.

South Africa
India
England
Australia
New Zealand

rest are crap at Test cricket. Heck, in Australia England lost 3 or 4 - 0
5-0.

Seems as though teams are largely average away from home in Tests.
 
We've lost the series, who truly gives a s**t about this.

Like watching a Melbourne vs Carlton game in the last round and both aren't playing finals. Who gives a s**t?

Every test match is important
 
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Every test match is important

Would rather watch the paint on my walls dry or my grass grow.

You either like cricket or hate it - why spend 5 days on your arse in summer when you can be doing something good for your body.

If you go to the cricket and sit on your arse you no different than sitting on your couch. Bunch of Norms.

Bunch of overpaid professional sports people.
 
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