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Article: Crik: Why England will win the Ashes
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
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- July 3, 2009
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
07-03-2009
Crik: Why England will win the Ashes
By Ian McCullough
SYDNEY, AAP - Quite simply the fitness of England's two best players Kevin Pietersen
and Andrew Flintoff will decide whether or not the Poms have a hope in hell of regaining
the Ashes.
With the pair fit and firing, England are very much in with a shout.
With Flintoff recovering from yet another knee operation and Pietersen struggling with
an Achilles problem, the hosts will be desperately hoping they are able to take the field
for the opening Test in Cardiff on July 8.
Although Flintoff's recent absence has been a blow, it hasn't been all bad for England.
It has allowed Stuart Broad to ...