Blogger: never in my 65 years of test watching England have I ever seen a poorer batting side in evidence.
Wretched, disgraceful, pathetic, gutless.
Having paid to watch this abject series, I did not even bother to see Day 2 to its conclusion and watched nothing whatsoever of Day Three.
Missing the feeble display overnight was a blessing.
The TCCB is entirely to blame for its sell-out to one day forms of the game. Our cricket is now incapable of producing any quantity of quality test batsmen.
Questions must be asked! The useless 100 Ball competition MUST be the first to face the axe or the consequences may run into the deep future.
The Disgrace of It All.
You have to go back to Victorian times for a worse England batting performance against Australia. Their 68 all out was the lowest total by them in Australia since 1904 but at least Plum Warner’s team won that series.
England’s batsmen are currently averaging 18.75 in the series, their lowest of an Ashes series of at least three matches since 1888.
They added four more ducks to the tally for 2021 taking it to 54, equalling their own record.
