The big two are in now. KP and Fredo have saved England a number of times now.
As for predicting the Ashes, don't even think about it. I remember the English predicting a 3-0 whitewash of Pakistan. Its way too early, the earliest you could predict such a result is during the tour matches where you can see how the batsmen and bowlers are copping.
England's batsmen have struggled all tour long including the tour matches. People were saying this was nothing but it clearly is a problem now.