Trevor Bayliss reveals England losing the Ashes after three Tests “wasn’t part of the plan”.
Get away?
Pretty spectacular stuff. Scored 400+ in the first innings, & lost by an innings. That can't have happened very often.
8th consecutive defeat to the Aussies over there, too, & the Double Whitewash is a real possibility now.
I guess our boys did their best, but I do feel a bit let down, having got up at 3am or whatever every day to see our lads.
Scoring 400+ and losing by an innings, think we've managed it 2 times in the last 13-14 months
Twice in India? The Karun Nair 300 game was definitely one. Then again here
We can't, and won't, take 20 wickets in a game on these tracks so we'e pretty much doomed.
We now go into panic stations :
Let's replace Cook ... have no other opener in the squad. Reserve batsman is Ballance! He was a worry at 3, how we're now meant to chuck him in at the top of the order is madness.
Let's replace Moeen ... have no other all-rounder, and the reserve spinner couldn't be risked against the Windies. Think we have to do it anyway, but Woakes up to 7 makes me feel a bit queasy and we could ruin Crane before he's even started.
Let's replace Broad ... on figures this tour that would be fair, but if Wood isn't fit then it's bringing back the likes of Jake Ball?
etc etc
Curran for the injured Overton would make sense. In white ball cricket he looks to have something about him, went well in the tour games, will bring a bit of energy and looks to have the right character for it. Other than that, you're moving deckchairs on the Titanic