Well we have had two more tests. What did we learn?
England
Smith is the real deal and potential matchwinner. Archer is back and is quick. Carse is quick ( and will get quicker in OZ) and can swing the ball. Stokes is undeniably inspirational. His run-out and his lengthy spells in the second innings were just that and his captaincy was back at very good after a poor 2nd test. He actually got to 69 mph on occasions. Some-one always hits a score as well. Their spinning stocks are poor.
Australia
We have batting problems. However our fast bowlers gets us out of problems. They used swing and seam in particular really well. Just remember the WI bowlers were faster than them and given they were bowling to much better batsmen much more impressive. Remember too our bowlers will only get slower not faster!
The last two seasons has seen fast bouncy bowler friendly pitches where spin bowlers get little action. Which team will this favour?
I cannot wait.
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