Calm down Derek, we have not even got a W on the board against any Aussie team on this tour, and already you are jumping on the bandwagon.
You have made some very valid points this series. We are indeed fielding a very weak bowling attack, but there is simply not enough strength in depth. Darren Gough would not have made the slightest ounce of difference this series, as he is simply nowhere near the player he was.
We also have players who have over peformed, namely one Mark Butcher. How the hell he and Crawley, are still in the England team I will never know. He has been given chance upon chance and still fails miserably in the England batting line up. Perhaps my Welsh bias is showing through here, but English cricket has always been 'jobs for the boys'. There are more talented batsman sat here in Wales at home writing local newspaper columns, than Crawley, Key and Crawley. I am referring to Steve James, Matthew Maynard, who had they been playing for the fashionable counties of English cricket would have won a hatful of test matches.
I think you are wrong to suggest the Aussies may struggle in years to come. Of course the fact that McGrath and Warne are missing will affect their performance. Take Ronaldo and Ronaldinho out of Brazils soccer team, take Martin Johnson and Johnny Wilkinson out of the English rugby team, Brett Favre out of the Packers NFL outfit, you get the picture I am sure.
As in most other sports, the fact that the Aussies have such a fine sporting academy will mean they will always produce world class sportsmen/women, and I will end the series by saying they have been a joy to watch this series. Ok, a poor England team, but I will pay good money to watch this Aussies test team any time.
