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Stuart Broad cites Australia's weak top-order and unsettled lineup as key reasons for their weakest Ashes team since 2010, despite being strong favorites, he said.
- In commentary this week, Broad said Australia is set to field its 'worst' team since 2010, with the series starting next month in Perth and the first Test on November 21.
- On his podcast, Broad noted doubts over Australia's top-order batting and an unsettled lineup, adding there are 'question marks' over Pat Cummins, Australia captain's fitness and role.
- Speaking as an ex-international, Broad said `Australia have been so consistent for a long period of time that you just knew who was going to open the batting, who was going to bat where, what bowlers there were-- and they don't have that`.
- After Warner's prediction, Broad responded that England team have their best chance since the 2010-11 Ashes series and an upset is possible next month.
- With the packed schedule, concerns include Australia's ageing seam attack handling five Tests in seven weeks and Pat Cummins, 32, described as 'probably less likely than likely' to be fit for the first Test.
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The problem with Stuart Broad's latest bit of Aussie-bashing
The Ashes phoney war is well underway and Stuart Broad’s comments this week about the current Australian team being the worst since 2010 certainly raised hackles Down Under. Broad’s analysis was fair, with the Aussie set-up hit by an injury to captain and key fast bowler Pat Cummins that threatens his series and their batting line-up also in flux. More interesting, though, was his assertion that this England team is the best to travel to Austral…
Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane Times‘Worst Australian Ashes side since 2010’: Stuart Broad lights fuse with provocative claim
Stuart Broad has claimed that Australia’s team for this summer will be their worst since England’s 3-1 thrashing of the team led by Ricky Ponting 15 years ago. The provocative claim, made by Broad on his podcast with fellow England cricketer Jos Buttler, kicked off on the basis that Australia will be missing captain Pat Cummins from the first Test in Perth
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