Australia are just days away from sealing another home Ashes series victory after Joe Root’s pre-game rallying cry failed to prevent a Boxing Day debacle for the beleaguered visitors | wutube SMHsport
A crowd of 57,100 - well below the predicted 70,000 - watched the 10th day of this series play out eerily similar to the nine before it, this time with a new-look England line-up folding meekly to an Australian attack that by the end were no longer celebrating wickets with gusto.
The combination of a green deck and grey skies made batting difficult - hence why both captains would have bowled first - but it was no excuse for some of the shots England played. What captain Root and coach Chris Silverwood got was the same old technical flaws and weaknesses being exposed by an Australian attack that has seldom had to go beyond Plan A.In functioning teams, the senior players show the way for the less capable and inexperienced, but here England’s leaders were guilty of the worst shots.Root was furious with himself after getting out in the exact manner he had been trying all week at training to avoid.
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