Well, some on here criticised me last year when I dared to suggest that England were a great chance of taking the Ashes. While it's better for Australia to have this shocking run early on and they can recover, I genuinely think that England are a BIG chance of winning both the Tests and the One-dayers. I sincerely hope that I am proven to be 100% wrong about this, but in any case, I really can't believe the odds at the moment. No way do Australia deserve to be such short priced favourites.

Imagine what the English newspapers must be saying today.

I can't get over the total arrogance of deciding to bat first last night. They were great conditions to bowl first, but Ponting just wanted to give his players 'batting practice' and obviously thought that Australia would just win no matter what. Bet he wishes he could have that decision again.