Oz young firepower!

[hhm]

Along with Clarke, Watto, Sids, and Shaun Marsh, Aus have a healthy complement of youngsters to play alongside them in the next 2-3 years, and replace them, by the time 2017 Test championship starts. I think their dominance of international cricket once again is looming 2 years from now:
1philip hughes
2david warner
3shaun marsh
4michael clarke(c)
5shane watson(vc) [seamer]
6steve smith [leggie]
7paine(wk)
8siddle
9cummins
10Pattinson
11lyon
SUBSTITUES:
Wickt-keepers: matthew wade
bowlers: Peter George, james faulkner, Mitchell Starc, ben cutting, josh hazlewood
batsmen: usman Khawaja, nick maddinson, Shaun Marsh, aaron finch
allrounders:mitchell marsh,

Ignoring 25+ years of age for the reserves, England also have some youngsters (Finn, James Taylor, Kieswetter, Bairstow, Hales, Woakes, Stokes, Buttler, Borthwick etc), while India as always have a lot of youngsters mainly on the batting side (Sharma, Kohli, Raina, Sharma, Yadav, Aaron, Jadeja etc).

SA doesn't have a lot of quality youngsters coming up, but just like Amla, AB, Morne&Stayn, their FC system has enough quality to spring two or three guys from time to time, who can fit into an ageing competitive side. So apart form those two sides, whom do you see challenging Australia in the next 4 years? One thing's for sure, more than ever before, the Ashes will be more firecely and evenly contested for the next 10 years!

[Jemisi]

I think England may be ahead for a little while yet.

[sloandog]

Pakistan are playing as well as they've played for the past 10 years in my opinion. Keep an eye on the likes of unarmed akmal, junaid khan, mohammed talla etc

[Jemisi]

Yes, Pakis have had a solid run of form.