None of the Jimmy Anderson praise was ever serious, until this past year. He took a 5fer against India, and took Sachin out a few times, but apart from that we were awful in that series. Most of the Jimmy praise is in jest, and because of his awesome hair. He'd be all over Australia if he bowls like he did this summer, they're not the best players of swing, proven in 2005, and Jimmy conventionally swings the ball both ways at good pace. He was all over McCullum when he was at his best, and also had Graeme Smith in all heaps of trouble.
England are a farrr better team now than what they were in that series. Prior couldn't catch the ball, the bowling (other than Sidey) was awful, Pietersen was out of form, Vaughan and Bell couldn't buy a run, Bopara looked out of depth, Harmison and Hoggard looked over the hill, and Vaughan's reign was nearing it's end. Under Pietersen we're more positive, we now have Flintoff and Harmison back firing, James Anderson has hit his straps, Broad bowled beautifully in the SA ODi series, Panesar is far better than any spinner knocking around the Australia team, and Prior's finally worked out how to catch the ball. We'll definitely give you Aussies a good game next year, and honestly I think we've got a tremendous chance to get revenge for the 5-0.
), Clarkey and David Hussey can bowl some spin if called up. Not convincing, but if they can take a few of the Indian wickets I think they can do the job in England.
