Ashes in the mouth
... being a roundup of where we are so far at normblog with the fabulous Ashes event I'm running for all of you who know that, in two days time, in the area of St John's Wood, a contest of great and thrilling significance will be beginning, and all of England and Australia, as well as many from other places, vicinities, neighbourhoods and pool rooms, will be trembling with anticipation over it. Ashes in the mouth? It's what people have said to me thus far about the outcome:
Note the narrow range in these predictions. No one has been willing to go for an England 3-1 or 3-2, let alone an England 4-0 or 5-0. How timid! You have just under 24 hours left to get your entry in.PP/ England 4 - Australia 0: E, E, E, D, E.
IH/ England 3 - Australia 2: A, E, E, E, A.
RS/ England 3 - Australia 2: A, E, E, A, E.LM/ England 2 - Australia 0: E, D, D, E, D.
RB/ England 2 - Australia 1: D, D, E, E, A.
FW/ England 2 - Australia 1: A, E, D, D, E.
AM/ England 2 - Australia 1: A, E, D, D, E.MV/ England 2 - Australia 2: D, E, A, E, A.
PD/ England 2 - Australia 2: A, E, D, A, E.
JW/ England 2 - Australia 2: A, E, A, D, E.
BL/ England 2 - Australia 2: A, E, A, D, E.
NE/ England 2 - Australia 2: A, E, A, D, E.AD/ Australia 2 - England 1: A, A, D, E, D.
PD/ Australia 2 - England 1: A, D, A, E, D.
MS/ Australia 2 - England 1: D, A, D, E, A.
DM/ Australia 2 - England 1: D, E, A, D, A.
LG/ Australia 2 - England 1: E, A, A, D, D.TH/ Australia 3 - England 2: A, E, A, A, E.
JG/ Australia 3 - England 2: A, E, E, A, A.RN/ Australia 3 - England 1: A, A, A, D, E.
JD/ Australia 3 - England 1: A, A, A, E, D
AR/ Australia 3 - England 1: A, A, E, D, A.
BJ/ Australia 3 - England 1: A, A, E, D, A.
MK/ Australia 3 - England 1: A, A, D, E, A.
SW/ Australia 3 - England 1: A, D, A, A, E.
BM/ Australia 3 - England 1: A, E, A, D, A.
WL/ Australia 3 - England 1: A, E, D, A, A.
OW/ Australia 3 - England 1: A, E, D, A, A.
DK/ Australia 3 - England 1: E, A, A, D, A.DB/ Australia 4 - England 1: A, A, A, A, E.
(Updated - to include entries received in the final 24 hours.)