Statically England should have lost the Ashes but moments of true guts and determination turned this Ashes Series in favour of England. With this recent Ashes victory England have moved to fifth in the test rankings. While Australia are just one place ahead of England in 4th postion. England next challenge will be against South Africa and the South African team are currently ranked as the number one test nation.
England are now expected to build on the form from the Ashes series and are aiming to be the top test ranked nation within the next few years. England will take on Australia in the one day series which starts on September 4th.
Here is the squad for the upcoming games against Australia and Ireland.
England squad for one-day international v Ireland in Belfast on Thursday, 27 August:
PD Collingwood (Durham, captain), JM Anderson (Lancashire), RS Bopara (Essex), TT Bresnan (Yorkshire), SCJ Broad (Nottinghamshire), JL Denly (Kent), A Flintoff (Lancashire), EJG Morgan (Middlesex), MJ Prior (Sussex, wk), AU Rashid (Yorkshire), OA Shah (Middlesex), RJ Sidebottom (Nottinghamshire), GP Swann (Nottinghamshire), LJ Wright (Sussex).
England squad for Twenty20 internationals v Australia at Old Trafford on Sunday, 30 August and Tuesday, 1 September:
Squad to face Ireland, plus IJL Trott (Warwickshire).
England squad for one-day international series against Australia (4-20 September) and the ICC Champions Trophy (22 September-5 October):
England are favourites to win their match against Ireland. Paddy Power has the following cricket betting odds
Ireland 6/1
England 1/14
Australia are taking on Scotland and are expected to win their match. Paddy Power has the following cricket betting odds
Scotland 9/1
Australia 1/33
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