Things We Have Learnt from the Ashes So Far

• Cook's place is probably not under threat: an average of 310 in the 2010 Ashes to date will do wonders for a batsman's self-confidence.
• Trott is yet to play an Ashes test without making a hundred: statistics never lie. Ok, so it's a fairly small sample, but it's the sort of thing to get up the collective nose of an Ozzie attack. Speaking of which...
• Doherty and Johnson are no Warne and McGrath: with combined match figures of 90.5-15-318-2 (an amalgam that actually does Xavier Doherty a disservice, as both the wickets were his), these two are unlikely to give England's batsmen any sleepless nights. I'd say Doherty's place is safe for now (Smith's single wicket against WA is unlikely to have XD [isn't that a smiley face of some sort?] quaking in his boots), but Harris and Bollinger are breathing down Johnson's neck -- I'd expect at least one of them to come in (with, possibly, Hilfenhaus making way as well).
• An England series win is still a possibility: ok, so that was hardly going to be overturned by a single test, but I'll take any opportunity to put a positive spin on things -- my prediciton is still on. (I'm going for 2-1.)

EDIT: Cook's average is 302, not 310, not that it matters much...