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Five reasons why England can regain the Ashes this summer

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Despite being whitewashed in Australia, England are just 3.35 on Betfair to regain the Ashes. The reason for the rather short price, beyond patriotic punting, is that Australia have lost some big names while Andrew Strauss’ men are much harder to beat at home. Here are five reasons to be optimistic:

1. Since Australia last won the Ashes away from home in 2001, England have contested 15 home series. Of those they have won ten, drawn three and lost just two, boasting an aggregate test score of 30-8.

2. That contrasts with England’s poor form prior to Australia’s last win here in 2001. Ahead of that, England had won just six of the last 15 series they had hosted and had a negative aggregate test score of 18-20.

3. Prior to the last six Ashes series, Australia had won at least four of their previous five test series. This year they arrive in nowhere near as convincing

Posted: July 1st, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | 2 Comments comment

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Why KP could bring home the Ashes

England’s new captain could lead them to glory

It’s time to banish pessimism from the room and welcome his arch enemy optimism back to the table because Kevin Pietersen won his first test match as England captain. Of course, South Africa had nothing to play for because they’d already won the series but let’s just ignore that and drink in the good energy. Here’s why you should bet on England to win the Ashes:

» Sticking with Michael Vaughan would have been a bad decision - only twice since 1945 has anyone captained England to more than one Ashes victory.

» And the four men to captain England in more than one Ashes series since Mike Brearley’s third victory in 1981 have all lost their second series.

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» chickendinner superfact: England have won back-to-back home Ashes series on three occasions since 1945. On two of those occasions they switched captains between the two successes.

Posted: October 30th, 2008 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment comment