England suffered a calamitous second afternoon as they collapsed from
82-2 to 136 all out to hand Australia total control of the first Test.
Having earlier dismissed the hosts for 295, England lost six wickets for
nine runs in 10 extraordinary overs as a rampaging Mitchell Johnson ran amok through
the wreckage of their top order.
What the hell happened I went to bed thinking with Australia 273-8 if
we, I say we England, can get them out for less than 300 and make a good start
to our innings we’ll consolidate our commanding position.
I come down stairs this morning and see Australia were all out for 295
and yet led by 224 runs, and having seen the highlights all I can summarise is
that the England of 2013 was really the England of 2003 in disguise.
That’s the only reason, excuse, I could think of as to why England did a
good ol fashion style collapse on Australian soil.
The way in which some of England’s batsmen got themselves out with poor
shot choices was reminiscent of that period in the 90s and early 00s were
England routinely put in that kind disappointing effort.
Unless Australia do the exact same thing on day three we
can assume that the first test is over for England, but I still maintain
Australia won’t have enough to keep this up and we’ll still win the series.
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