It's not the Bazzball which is why England will lose this series quite heavily, it is is the inability to read a situation and when to put away the aggressive batting. Look at Brook in both tests for an illustration.
In each first innings of both Tests England's total has included four ducks. It would be difficult to think of too many dismissals of English batsmen where the batsman has not contributed in some way to his own demise. Stokes and Jacks batted well and both got out to tremendous catches yesterday. But once out it was downhill from there. Atkinson - no Jimmy Anderson with either bat or ball - played what has to be the worst shot in the entire game to get out. Pope at 3 is not working but the "alternative", Bethall, has played all of two first class games since last year ... and England do not have a spin bowler worthy of a spot on a bouncy usually spin friendly Gabba track.
I said 3-1 to the Aussies at the start, it's looking more like a Glenn McGrath 5-0 the longer the series continues unless and until there is some serious revision of ideas and techniques.
Whats the old 6 "P" saying? Proper preparation prevents a piss poor performance - for definition see the England cricket team
