Only Stoneman of the batsmen who are out has failed to get to double figures in this innings. So it hasn't been that difficult, until today, to bat on as long as one applies oneself. We just haven't.
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Only Stoneman of the batsmen who are out has failed to get to double figures in this innings. So it hasn't been that difficult, until today, to bat on as long as one applies oneself. We just haven't.
I think you"ll find that extras, with 17, is the 4th highest scorer. That says it all.
Nip out for half an hour and come back to find that we've lost the Ashes.
Humble pie on my part because we simply won't good enough. But it wasn't the failings of our newcomers but more the inadequacies demonstrated by Cook, Root, Broad and Ali - that's your two best batsmen, a leading front line seamer and only spinner. Really didn't expect all four of them not to turn up.
We now have to start blooding some new players. Sentiment out the window, there is simply no point in picking Cook anymore, nor Broad on this tour at least.
We now have to start blooding some new players. Sentiment out the window, there is simply no point in picking Cook anymore, nor Broad on this tour at least.
No denying Cook has been absolutely abysmal.........thus far anyway. I just have a feeling that he still has something to offer and wouldn’t exclude him just yet.......he’s not very old and has been wonderful for so many years. I think he still deserves one more Test series and see how things go.......if it’s clear that the mojo has gone, then that would be the time for him to bow out gracefully. Very interesting to see what he has to say on the matter at the end of this series.
The dynamic of this England side has definitely turned. The group do not appear to be tightly knit and I wonder if there's a bit of niggle there. For instance, Swanny mentioned that when the bowlers were struggling on Saturday morning the batsmen in the field were offering little support and seemed reluctant to try and pick them up.
The experienced captain Cook doesn't appear to be offering much advise to the relatively Green Root. Whether that's because Root wants to do things his own way and is distancing himself from Cook or Cook doesn't want to help I don't know. Needs sorting.
The dynamic of this England side has definitely turned. The group do not appear to be tightly knit and I wonder if there's a bit of niggle there. For instance, Swanny mentioned that when the bowlers were struggling on Saturday morning the batsmen in the field were offering little support and seemed reluctant to try and pick them up.
The experienced captain Cook doesn't appear to be offering much advise to the relatively Green Root. Whether that's because Root wants to do things his own way and is distance himself from Cook or Cook doesn't want to help I don't know. Needs sorting.
In stark contrast to the Aussies. I have nothing but admiration for them. They got all so right. They are tough and made us look like, well whinging Poms! They took the piss out of us, undermined us and thrashed us. I wish we could show that attitude.
The dynamic of this England side has definitely turned. The group do not appear to be tightly knit and I wonder if there's a bit of niggle there. For instance, Swanny mentioned that when the bowlers were struggling on Saturday morning the batsmen in the field were offering little support and seemed reluctant to try and pick them up.
The experienced captain Cook doesn't appear to be offering much advise to the relatively Green Root. Whether that's because Root wants to do things his own way and is distance himself from Cook or Cook doesn't want to help I don't know. Needs sorting.
I would go more down the Boycott line - we simply don't produce proper pace bowlers capable of 90 plus mph or genuine spinners. We are fine at home (as I should add are most Test playing nations) but abroad we struggle because we don't have the players capable of adapting.
A real problem arise if we follow the classic English line by winning one or even both of the last two Tests because the Aussies rest Starc et al. All of a sudden everything will not seem quite so bad when, in reality, they are.
Equally, the Aussies have had their issues in the last 18 months. It just so happened that, for the first time, they happened to have their best three quickies and spinner playing in the same series at the same time.
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182-6 and still 77 behind. Probably still need to bat for another three hours?
Mike Gatting in drag is clearing his throat.
WTF was the lad thinking of?
Humble pie on my part because we simply won't good enough. But it wasn't the failings of our newcomers but more the inadequacies demonstrated by Cook, Root, Broad and Ali - that's your two best batsmen, a leading front line seamer and only spinner. Really didn't expect all four of them not to turn up.
I just have a feeling that he still has something to offer and wouldn’t exclude him just yet.......he’s not very old and has been wonderful for so many years.
I think he still deserves one more Test series and see how things go.......if it’s clear that the mojo has gone, then that would be the time for him to bow out gracefully.
Very interesting to see what he has to say on the matter at the end of this series.
The group do not appear to be tightly knit and I wonder if there's a bit of niggle there.
For instance, Swanny mentioned that when the bowlers were struggling on Saturday morning the batsmen in the field were offering little support and seemed reluctant to try and pick them up.
The experienced captain Cook doesn't appear to be offering much advise to the relatively Green Root.
Whether that's because Root wants to do things his own way and is distancing himself from Cook or Cook doesn't want to help I don't know.
Needs sorting.
I have nothing but admiration for them. They got all so right. They are tough and made us look like, well whinging Poms! They took the piss out of us, undermined us and thrashed us. I wish we could show that attitude.
Equally, the Aussies have had their issues in the last 18 months. It just so happened that, for the first time, they happened to have their best three quickies and spinner playing in the same series at the same time.