Ashes Debacle

grumpy01 | 09:00 Tue 28th Dec 2021 | Sport

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This must be one of England’s most humiliating performances in Test history.Agreed the bowling was of a pretty high standard but the technique of our batsmen,honed as it is for white ball cricket,was found severely wanting.The ECB needs to go back to the drawing board and put the County Championship at the top of there list of competitions.A limited overs competition is obviously necessary to generate income for the counties but we now have too many.Let’s press the re-set button and perhaps the next time we go “down under” we have the players who can at least make a fight of it.

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davebro

Absolutely dismal showing.

Sqad

With no established openers, Stokes not match fit, Butler hopeless as a wicket keeper and batsman and the bowlers are yesteryear men, then what did you expect?

Root as a captain? A boy sent to do a man's job.

William51

I agree. The rush to get more income from changes to the formats has been detrimental to test cricket. And the lack of preparation for this Ashes series and the poor selection choices must also change.

THECORBYLOON

I'm no cricket expert but if the changes have been detrimental to Test cricket, why are the Australians not similarly affected?

Sqad

I am not sure about the effect of changes affecting Tests.

If you have better batsmen, better bowlers as is the case in Australia at the moment, you stand a good chance of winning.

Ken4155

I have so little enthusiasm for cricket that one of my commanding officers remarked i was the most un-English Englishman he had ever met:-)

Stickybottle

Absolutely abysmal in all facets bar one session of the series so far (the bowling on day two yesterday from Anderson was top notch)

Silverwood would be out of his depth in a car park puddle and must go
Root does not know whether to stick or twist when rotating his bowlers
The shot selection from the top order has been diabolical
When batting in a five day Test we need a Boycott mentality :
Do not flash at anything even vaguely wide for the first hour
Just occupy the crease !
Chances will come later
As the great Basil d’Oliviera once said:
The first hour belongs to the bowler
Hours 2 3 4 and 5 belong to me !
Can we just forfeit the last 2 Tests over covid and come home because the paying public are being denied a contest in what is (or certainly used to be) the most famous and intense rivalry in international cricket

Steeped in so much history yet even the Australians look frankly embarrassed at the lack of fight and application from England
If this was boxing the ref would have stepped in at round one in order to prevent further punishment

Bazile

What ? didn't it end in a draw then ?

douglas9401

It's only a game. :-)

Stickybottle

Apologies douglas but when you hail from a nation that sees caber tossing and bowls on ice aka curling as sports I am bound to say that Eng v Aus in the Ashes has a tad more gravitas than a game ! Lol

grumpy01

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Joe Root is,by a long way,our best batsmen.However he is not yet an accomplished captain,he is having to learn as he goes along.English test cricket is suffering because of too much emphasis on the money which limited overs cricket can bring in.We need a root and branch review of the planning of the cricket calendar so that county cricket becomes the most important domestic competition once again.

Stickybottle