The First Test starts this Wednesday in Trent Bridge and a comet has passed over the Bradman Museum in Bowral. Regular readers will know that I have long feared a 10-nil drubbing as our virginal kiddies in white are sacrificed in England before returning to Australia overcome with a hysteria that ensures that the follow-up series doubles the violation.
Over the weekend I note that nature itself is lining up further apocalyptic portents. An Englishman, Chris Froome, leads Le Tour after wiping the floor with Cadel Evans. Another Brit, Andy Murray, won the Wimbledon crown for the fist time in 77 years. And the British and Irish Lions devoured our Wallaby pea-hearts on Saturday night!
For those that care to look, the air is thick with grave omens of an Ashes doom.
