Ashes 2006 won by Australia-as predicted by GameCricket.com

The Ashes cricket test series has been won by Australia-The Ashes test series score is 4-0 so far and will probably get to 5-0 in favor of Australia.

You should have read GameCricket.com's prediction of the Ashes cricket series,2006 - You wouldnt have then been surprised at the performance of the Australian cricket team against England.

Why exactly did England lose the Ashes cricket series against Australia?

• Ashes Loss reason 1 :

  The Stresscothick incident: Threscothick was England's best opening batsman for the Ashes cricket series against Australia- To come to Australia for the Ashes cricket series and then decide not to play was most unprofessional of Threscothick,irrespective of his personal problems. I dont call for being jingoistic,but citing personal problems while the England cricket team is fighting one of its biggest battles against Australia reeks of not having any national pride.

• Ashes Loss reason 2:

  Inept team selection and captaincy by Flintoff: There is a lot of criticism for Fletcher in the Ashes cricket series-but the person who has to cop the blame is always the captain - Mr. Freddie Flintoff. Not selecting Panesar for the first two tests against Australia in the Ashes cricket series reeked of a really flawed selection policy.Even in the fourth Ashes test,Flintoff obviously has a very low opinion of Panesar's bowling and gave him just 12 overs in Australia's 300+ run assault.

• Ashes Loss reason 3:

  The loss of confidence for Harmison: Harmison at his best is probably one of the best bowlers in world cricket- the images that we always remember are those of Harmison bouncing the cricket ball into the ribs of the Aussie batsmen in the 2005 Ashes cricket series. In the current Ashes 2006 in Australia,Harmison has been a shadow of his former self and seemed to be scared to put the cricket ball close to the Aussie batsmen

The good news for the England cricket team after the Ashes cricket series 2006:

The retirement of Shane Warne and McGrath is the best cricket news that England have heard for a really long time. With young players like Bell and Panesar in the team,England should hopefully have a better time in the next Ashes cricket series :-)

Shane Warne has had the demoralized England cricket team for lunch in Ashes

Shane Warne put the demoralized England cricket team for the Ashes cricket series out of their agony by quickly grabbing five wickets and getting the England cricket team all out for 159 in the fourth England Vs Australia Ashes cricket test.

Shane Warne really did not have to do much, the England cricket team succumbed to some rather inept batting. The England batsman treated Shane Warne long hops like hot potatoes and tried their best to celebrate Shane Warne's 700 test match wickets by offering him an easy five wicket haul

Shane Warne is of course one of the greatest bowlers in test match cricket - but the one thing that the England batsmen need to learn is that the only way to win test matches is to not respect reputations and have an attitude that they are the best players in thet cricketing world. The one team that does this well in the New Zealand cricket team which does not have any world beaters and a limited player pool but still manage to cause significant upsets in world cricket due to their great attitude

Anyways, a salute to Shane Warne on his 700th test cricket wicket!