Slapdash England need to take a leaf out of Steve Waugh's book have a hope of winning the Ashes in Australia.
Harry Brook was not at his best in England’s defeat at the Oval Steve Waugh was one of the great competitors. As Australia’s captain he reckoned dead rubbers were cricket’s biggest challenge – winning a game you don’t need to being the truest test of a united and committed side. England faced that challenge against Sri Lanka in the third Test and flunked it, getting well beaten in a match they were bossing after the first innings. No matter you might think, they had already won the series.
Yet instead of knuckling down to beat their crafty plan, his response has been to bat as if in a hissy fit that somehow it is all a bit unfair. Josh Hull showed signs of promise on his England debut Chasing 219 to win, the visitors out-Bazballed their hosts, scoring at over five an over, their centurion Pathum Nissanka a marvel of powerful yet considered strokeplay. England’s tired bowlers, held together by Tubigrip and painkillers, could find nothing to stop him.
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