cricket with balls

While England are tripping over wickets against the division 1 (really?) Warwickshire, Australia are grinding its teeth on concrete in Worcestershire.

England will get a lot of confidence from this match, add it to the test performances against the Windies and they are looking good. This hasn’t been much of a work out though, and neither were the windies.

Australia has looked sluggish, unimpressive, and has struggled to beat lowly opponents. But which game is a better warm up for an Ashes test in Cardiff?

Not hard to work that out.

England haven’t done anything wrong, but they are playing a poor side on a nice bowling wicket, two things that won’t happen next week.

Australia is playing a desperate side on a dead wicket, which is similar to next week.

The English team seems to be playing within themselves and winning.

Australia is playing within themselves and just keeping their tongue out of the beehive.

Perhaps England’s warm up could give them the “momentum” they like to talk about.

When two Australians took the game seriously they took 5 wickets for 40 runs on a deck you and I could put a fighting 15 partnership on.

On the plus side Monty took wickets, and that hasn’t happened since Mushtaq told him spinning the ball was bowling spin.

Then again Lee and Hussey finding form at once is like seeing Natalie’s nipple.

Right now I would prefer to be in England’s shoes.

By Friday next week if the game is close I would probably wished I had a warm up like Australia has.