5 reasons for Australia's turnaround in the Ashes

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Australian crowd

Such are the scenes in world cricket. South Africans look invincible at home. So do New Zealand, India, even Bangladesh.And England too.

Why, then, would Australia be any different?

No, it’s probably not about the pitch. James Sutherland had opined that the pitches would be competitive, and no instructions were given out to the curators unlike the previous Aussie tours where there was ‘not a hint of grass or moisture’.

Nevertheless, matches being played to jam-packed stadiums, the audience working up some serious noise to the tune of the bowlers’ run up as he approaches the strip to deliver, a Mexican wave doing the rounds, or booing the opposition players. Pietersen would know.