Allan Border: I’ll piggyback Beefy round Piccadilly Circus if England beat Australia 5-0

Captain who sparked old enemy’s Ashes dominance explains why he believes this summer’s series will turn out be a lot closer contest than people expect

Evening Standard


Should Sir Ian Botham’s forecast of a unprecedented 5-0 England whitewash of the Ashes come true, then Piccadilly Circus will be the site of the spectacle of the summer.

“Look,” says Allan Border, Australia captain for three Ashes series’ victories between 1989 and 1993. “I’ll piggyback Beefy round Piccadilly Circus if England beat Australia 5-0. England deserve to be favourites. But Botham’s 5-0 just won’t happen, it’s going to be a lot tighter.”