100 days to go
There are 100 days to go until the start of the Ashes series in Australia this winter.
To prepare for the series, Australian coach John Buchanan is sending his squad for an Outback boot camp to try and toughen his players up and instill a bit of team spirit (which sounds like a joke in itself [1]). This could be seen as a bit drastic, especially since (a) what more motivation could an Australian team need than having lost the Ashes last summer? and (b) England, I'm afraid, have no chance of regaining the Ashes and will, I predict, lose the series 3–1.
Still, at least Monty will win that one test for England in Sydney when he'll finally have the chance to bowl on a pitch that turns.
[1] — "Did you hear the one about the Aussie cricket team that were sent to the Outback to develop their team spirit... ?
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