Ashes rivalry is a 'great tradition' - Botham - video Dailymotion

Former England all-rounder Ian Botham predicts the Ashes to be a tight contest providing everyone stays fit.

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00:00I just think both sides have got the same ambition and they both want to win and that's the way it

00:06should be and I think it's I actually would not like to actually say who's going to win at all

00:11because I think it's going to be really tight providing everyone stays fit and also you remember

00:16that at the moment you're currently your captain's not playing in this one and I'm hearing rumours

00:20that he might not play very much at all in this series which would be a shame for Australia but

00:27there'd be a big bonus for England I think that historically everyone in the cricketing world

00:32watches the Ashes I think it's it's there it's it's the tradition it's the it's the competition

00:39you know that it's all flat out so for me the I think that the Ashes is a very healthy place to

00:48be if you want to play cricket because you will fill houses