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  • ‘Ashes will probably be executed and dusted if Australia…’: Glenn McGrath makes daring prediction prior to Lord’s Check

    Australia and England collide in the second one Ashes take a look at at Lord’s which begins on Wednesday.

    Australia gained the primary fit by way of two wickets after a gripping five-day combat at Edgbaston and thus took the most important 1-0 lead within the collection.

    Former Australia legend Glenn McGrath believes that if the Kangaroos win the win the second one Check then Ashes will probably be ‘executed and dusted’ and it’s recreation over for England.

    “The closing time a workforce got here from at the back of to win the Ashes was once in 2005, a chain I used to be proper within the thick of,” he mentioned whilst talking to the BBC.

    “We had been 1-0 up heading into the second one Check at Edgbaston, a fit I sat out after the notorious incident of treading at the ball within the warm-up.

    “We misplaced an exciting Check by way of two runs, however I can at all times handle that the collection would had been gained had we were given over the road that day.

    “The similar is correct now. If Australia win at Lord’s, the Ashes are executed and dusted,” McGrath mentioned.

    McGrath additionally applauded England’s new and competitive method against the sport and mentioned, “‘Naturally, I’m a real blue Aussie, however that doesn’t imply I will be able to’t like the way in which England play. I do.”

    “It’s excellent to be assured, however don’t let that spill over into turning into too cocky,” he added.