Australian cricket legend Dennis Lillee believes his country will regain the Ashes from England because Ricky Ponting's team has a stronger bowling attack.
The man who terrorised England's batsmen throughout the 1970s believes Australia will regain the Ashes courtesy of a stronger bowling attack.
Australian fast bowling great Dennis Lillee is predicting a 2-1 or 3-2 series win to the host nation, avenging the shattering loss to England 15 months ago.
Lillee, who took 355 wickets in 70 Tests from 1971 to 1984,
Pressed for a prediction on the Ashes outcome, Lillee declared: "It's going to be much closer than the other ones (recent Ashes series in Australia)."
"But we should probably win it 2-1 or 3-2."
"There is still a lot of cricket left in me and the reason I stood down from Test cricket was to prolong my career in the shorter forms of the game," he told
"I loved every single moment of my Test career but I haven't missed it one little bit."
"I'm more than content with what I've achieved."
