... may I refer you back to my report on the play of the first day of this series.
However exciting this match may have been - England threw this game away on Day One and confirmed the defeat with more reckless batting in the second innings.
England - 0.
Australia - 1.
The Ashes frittered away by what the Daily Telegraph reporter referred to as 'hubris.'
We may ask also why this afternoon, the new ball was not taken much earlier?
Why were Broad and Anderson not using that new ball?
All told, some good cricket surrounded by something of a shambles!
