Haha. The Aussies have a weak bowling attack and they haven't taken advantage of the Indian conditions as well as our bowlers. Their pacers will be a different proposition in England next summer and the lack of a quality spinner will be less important there than it is in India. That said, several Aussie spinners have been here before and failed so the real failure is in the pace department. It's been very difficult for them to replace McGrath and Gillespie.
I'm not sure if Kasprowicz is still playing but if I'd imagine even if he isn't, he'd've done better on this tour than all the bowlers, with the possible exception of Mitchell Johnson. Brett Lee will be lethal in England next summer. He's hardly taken a wicket in this series and has been hammered by all the batsmen.
The batsmen who have failed over here will also be playing in more favourable conditions in England so they should also do better next summer.
However if England can put together a decent pace attack and throw in Panesar, I think there's a good chance they'll reclaim the Ashes but I wouldn't take this series into much account to make such predictions. The conditions are just so different.
As for us playing you guys next... meh, the problem with us is that we raise our level according to the team we're playing. No disrespect to England, but we don't rate them enough to put in the same effort as we do the Aussies. Perhaps under a new captain things will change. It really should. If we want to become the best we're going to have to play with the same intensity regardless of the opposition, just as the convicts have done for about a decade.
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I'm not sure if Kasprowicz is still playing but if I'd imagine even if he isn't, he'd've done better on this tour than all the bowlers, with the possible exception of Mitchell Johnson. Brett Lee will be lethal in England next summer. He's hardly taken a wicket in this series and has been hammered by all the batsmen.
The batsmen who have failed over here will also be playing in more favourable conditions in England so they should also do better next summer.
However if England can put together a decent pace attack and throw in Panesar, I think there's a good chance they'll reclaim the Ashes but I wouldn't take this series into much account to make such predictions. The conditions are just so different.
As for us playing you guys next... meh, the problem with us is that we raise our level according to the team we're playing. No disrespect to England, but we don't rate them enough to put in the same effort as we do the Aussies. Perhaps under a new captain things will change. It really should. If we want to become the best we're going to have to play with the same intensity regardless of the opposition, just as the convicts have done for about a decade.