Injuries

Yeh there have been many injuries this Ashes series. Brett Lee was out even before the start, Flintoff has always been in doubt, Pietersen is also out, Brad Haddin broke his finger last week, clark had problems this week and today Prior had a back spasm. Its all happening to say the least. Flintoff is out of this test and it will affect England a lot, he is their go to man with both bat and ball. This comes on the back of Pietersen injury and it just makes things worse. Clarke and Haddin are playing in this game and Brett Lee is doing well. This is a good sign for Australia. They have their best chance of winning in this test and they have already made a brilliant start. Early signs indicate an Aussie win, surely helped by injuries to key English players

it definitely would we already saw that absence of kp made quite a difference in the third test.if kp was there england's scoring rate would have been better. and also flintoff was half fit in the third test and we could clearly see that his performance was not as good as it was at lords. so in the next test clarke also being injured it would made quite an impact on the outcome

Yes it would as Clarke was in very good form.Ponting was the other one who was in good form.But largely it depends on Mr.Dependable.Mike Hussey is out of form & needs to come up with good scores for Australia to avenge defeat at the hands of England. Brett Lee might come back for the fourth test.It would be a bonus for Australia.But cant trust a fast bowler who is coming back after an injury.