Edited 19 Nov 2013 11:46, 8 years ago, edited by Valvegear

By and large I think that bowralcommuter has summed up the situation pretty well, but a couple of my thoughts:-
I'd concede Bailey a half-century on debut, but not three figures.
Watson will be a lay-down misere to injure himself again - he's the only cricketer in the world to leave his body to medical science whilst still alive.
The others Look just about spot on to me, although I have a sneaking reservation about Smith getting 400 runs - I hope I'm wrong.

England must start favourites. They have settled and better-performing top six batsmen than Australia; the pace bowling is line ball, and England has the better spinner.