http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6195763.stm The best spin bowler ever in Shane Warne is set to quit the International game along with Glen McGrath at the end of this Ashes series.] Sure a few Englismen will be happy!
Don't forget Clarke is 31 years old aswell, hardly a youthful replacement for McGrath! Warne has been vital to the Aussies as a spinner because wickets deterioate (sp?) as matches go into last 2 days...that's when he's been at his best! Aussies don't have anyone anywhere near good enough to replace him and they'll lose a HUGE part of their bowling attack now he's retiring! We have Monty who's in his early twenties...he's already being spoken of as the best finger spinner in the world ;D English cricket looks bright! Next team for the Ashes: Cook Strauss Bell Joyce Pieterson Flintoff (c) Reid Hoggard S.Jones Broad Panesar
Any team with Panesar in is going to do well. By the next ashes he will be hitting hundreds! (okay, so I am dreaming, but hey, thats what got me this far as a sports fan!)