We handed them those first two tests. That Aussies side is some way short of some of their teams that have come over in the last 20-30 years.
Sad that it’s over, it was a great stop gap for the football.And that is why test cricket is still THE format. The 20 and 50 over stuff is fine, and I understand the appeal of it (having a match that finishes in one day. But you can't get better than what we've seen this summer.
You can shove that bloody hundred nonsense, though!
And trying to hit every bouncer in the second test, along with all the drops.The declaration in the first test screwed us, should have carried on.
And we were missing Archer and Leach…I think them playing the world test championship put them at least 1 test ahead of us in terms of getting up to speed, and Woakes and Wood missing the first 2 tests was a big factor.
Having said that they lost Lyon who the whole bowling attack is built around.
I don’t think either side is as good as some would have us believe, and India should be a much stiffer challenge.
We could very easily have won all 5 tests. 2005 was great but in my opinion, we didn’t outplay the Aussie’s quite as much in that series.
Good point re Lyon. Memories of McGrath in 2005.I think them playing the world test championship put them at least 1 test ahead of us in terms of getting up to speed, and Woakes and Wood missing the first 2 tests was a big factor.
Having said that they lost Lyon who the whole bowling attack is built around.
Winning in India would be a fantastic accomplishment.I don’t think either side is as good as some would have us believe, and India should be a much stiffer challenge.
That'll be tough. Conditions that we're not used to.Winning in India would be a fantastic accomplishment.
I’ll be intrigued to see how England do that. I think that a fair number of the current squad have probably gone over the hill, but sentimentality and the desire to keep a good team spirit will likely see many of them retained. That’s now two home Ashes series where England have failed to win, and they‘ll now need to work on building a bowling unit for the next trip to Australia.Agreed Jim. As stated, once we washed, ironed and wore our mojo we were there.
Just shows how important every Test is.
We can improve too, no doubting that.
5 Tests in 46 days again with the IPL only starting afterwards. It’s going to be terribly difficult winning there.Winning in India would be a fantastic accomplishment.
I’ll be intrigued to see how England do that. I think that a fair number of the current squad have probably gone over the hill, but sentimentality and the desire to keep a good team spirit will likely see many of them retained. That’s now two home Ashes series where England have failed to win, and they‘ll now need to work on building a bowling unit for the next trip to Australia.
It will be fascinating to see how Bazball fares against the likes of Ashwin and Jadeja in testing conditions.That'll be tough. Conditions that we're not used to.
Yes no cricket now for 5 weeks ;)ou can shove that bloody hundred nonsense, though!
And the football is back next friday night. Halle-bloody-lujah.Yes no cricket now for 5 weeks ;)