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What's awesome is the batting strentgh of the England team.

JUST LOOK at their series averages:

JM Anderson -
IR Bell 3 53.80
RS Bopara 7.00
TT Bresnan 77.00
SCJ Broad 60.66
AN Cook 62.80
EJG Morgan 38.60
KP Pietersen 89.50
MJ Prior 3 63.25
AJ Strauss 37.80
GP Swann 18.33

That's all-round perfection. Probably the lowest standard deviation in scores I've ever seen after 3 test matches for such a high overall average.

Poor Bopara. Probably he'll never get a chance again.

All I want to see now is:

Steyn and Morkel vs Trott, Pietersen, Bell, Cook

Amla, De Villiers, Kallis vs Anderson, Broad, Bresnan

Tahir vs Swann

Broad's all round antics might be decisive too.

All round, England have a definite edge, but is the stand-out bowler and can destroy a whole team on any day. Anderson has the same danger, but not as regularly.

England's batting depth is insane, so I think they'll be very tough to beat anwywhere in the world.