Australia Whitewash New Zealand 2-0 while England Whitewashed by India 0-5 - Australia Favourite For Ashes

After the debacle in India, Australia has made a strong comeback in the 2 match test series against New Zealand by winning it 2-0 convincingly. Meanwhile, its Ashes rival England had to suffer a worse fate than Australia at the hands of India in the ODI series which was cut short with the score reading 5-0 in India's favour.Had it not been for the cancellation of the remaining two one day matches, England might have been left 7-0 down, which was being heavily predicted and backed at various UK bookmakers. Just now the news has come in that England would be going back to India to play the 2 test series as scheduled. The venues of the two tests have been changed on demand of the England's team. However, with many top players expressing reservations on going back to India, it would be difficult for the English team to save a whitewash in the Test series also.This has left a very visible psychological impact on the England cricket team players which is evident from the latest interviews. It remains to be seen if England would be able to come out of this shock and regroup to challenge Australia for the Ashes in time in 2009. All UK Bookmakers have made Australia odds-on favourite to win the Ashes in 2009. Australia are best available at 10/11 at StanJames.England are as low as 6/4 at various bookmakers but still available at 24/13 for England backers at Canbet.A draw is available at the best odds of 11/2 at bet365, BlueSquare and 888Sport.