The GABBA is ours!

Australia took the first test today in just 90 minutes of play on a cloudy Monday morning in Brisbane.

The next step to recovering the holy grail is the Adelaide test, and what a test it is going to be. Im predicting a much closer contest than what we have seen over the past 5 days and for the poms to bat first.

I'm also predicting Warne, who is just starting to fire up, to take 5 wickets and for Ponting and Langer to both score centuries.

That being said, I'm also predicting that Cook and Strauss will also gain big run totals for England and for Harmison to start firing up and do some damage to our middle order as well, Gilly will probably have another disappointing time at the stumps but will show what a champ he is when it comes to fielding. However I think that we can expect a century from him later on in the series, possibly at the WACA (where I will be attending in just under a months time).

Anyway here is my rough prediction for the scorecard:

First Innings -
England to make about 400-450
Australia to make 500+

The second innings will be a mirror of Englands first innings at the GABBA where we will see the top order crumble fast and the side collapsing before they reach 200.

Australia to take out the second test and eventually the Ashes.

So that's my prediction anyway, I hope that it's pretty close, because as you know, we'd all like to see the poms delivered a killer blow and the Ashes to sit nice and comfortable back here.