Gutless performance Stokes aside.Bowled really poorly for the first half of their innings, and in turn showed the Aussies precisely the length to bowl. Then poor shots from the middle order when we couldn't afford to lose a wicket.Feel this slump is irreversable now. We have been paralysed by the pressure and its only going to get worse
I think losing Roy and not having Hales as a backup option has fucked us a lot more than might have been expected. Roy going out strong from the start and getting us a solid start has played a huge part in us being the team we've seen for the last couple of years. Not having that explosive start has totally changed the team dynamic and we look lost. I can take the Pakistan defeat, that was the sort of game that will happen sometimes but the last 2 games we've been awful with the bat with key batsmen playing stupid shots when they just needed to be sensible, the Bairstow one today was a particularly awful shot, trying to hit one that far outside off for a leg side 6 was just rank decision making given the match situation. Morgan was really disappointing as well, you'd expect better from him.