Ashes 2013/14

[PaulWinch again]

Also it should be noted their bowlers are bowling much better than ours as well, much better lengths. We should go on the attack here, because it's better than dying wondering.

[PaulWinch again]

Pietersen gone, we'll be lucky to get 3 figures here. What an utter shambles.

[OzVilla]

I know it easier said then done, but we just need to get through the new ball and batting should become easier.

That's whats happens in Australia but unfortunately we aren't good enough to do it.

KP gone now, can't see us getting to 100.

Harris and Johnson bowling superbly.

[PGW]

17/4 Fcuk me - Pietersen now gone....we may not avoid the follow on here. Bell must get his head down and just hope that Ballance isnt too nervous

[aj2k77]

This is a right kick up the jacksy on the way out isn't it. Cook, shite, his brain has gone walkabout this tour. 10 overs to score 14 runs, pathetic, they have been running scared all tour.

[PaulWinch again]

Their batsmen have been better, their lower order has been miles better, their bowlers have been better and their fielding has been better. We've been an utter shambles all tour and have been massively let down by our senior players.

[OzVilla]

Horrible situation for Ballance.

[aj2k77]

Struggle to make 50 here.

[PaulWinch again]

Horrible situation for Ballance.

Well let's face it, the senior players have given the new players no chance in this series they've been diabolical on the whole. The only senior player to do his job is Broad and that's only with the ball.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh and Jimmy had no excuse for his lack of wicket taking on this pitch, it's moving off the seam.

[peter w]

I really do believe that circumstance has worked against us. Long summer schedule and Ashes tour and another Aussie Ashes series to play in. They had something to prove and to go for. Their tails were also up after changing the coach and becoming competitive, we were losing players and starting to look disjointed. They aren't as good as this but we are currently this bad.

[PaulWinch again]

I really do believe that circumstance has worked against us. Long summer schedule and Ashes tour and another Aussie Ashes series to play in. They had something to prove and to go for. Their tails were also up after changing the coach and becoming competitive, we were losing players and starting to look disjointed. They aren't as good as this but we are currently this bad.

I think that may have played a small part, but if you look at England's performances since the summer 2012 we've been on the decline. I know we beat India, but they were a side right at the end of their cycle as well. England have not addressed the big issues we've had for a while, because we were limping along winning. However this series is where all our problems have come home to roost. Our batsmen have been failing as a unit for a long while, our run rates don't put the opposition under enough pressure, we're too negative and our bowlers have now lost their ruthlessness.

[PaulWinch again]

This Bell innings looks like the sort where he'll get about 10-20. I may be wrong, but he's getting bogged down and that's when he struggles.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh I gave him too much credit, he got 2.

[OzVilla]

Bell gone, I'll be very, very surprised if he get to 100 here.

Another catastrophic batting performance.