The ‘absurd’ moments that reveal the depths of Root and England’s Ashes disaster UK View
Westbury the fact that England’s two top run scorers in the series, Joe Root and Malan,
Since amassing 578 against India in the first Test in February, England has been dismissed 10 times for under 200. They are set to make it 11 times in Adelaide. “The problem, of course, is that England’s understandable desire to overhaul their white-ball cricket after the ignominy of the 2015 World Cup campaign has come at the complete expense of what they are traditionally good at - Test cricket.”“Yes, it may be akin to shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic but the time has come now to replace Rory Burns even if his second innings 34 in Adelaide was an improvement.
“England’s motley array of openers - they started the year with Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley, then tried pairing Sibley with Rory Burns, reunited Crawley and Sibley, turned back to Burns and Sibley once again, and then ditched Sibley to pair Burns with Haseeb Hameed - have now mustered a combined 13 ducks in 2021.
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