Shaun Marsh - a ton.

[crazyjoedevolamk11]

Aussies all out of reviews in 2 overs...well done boys

[flyboy77]

the 2nd one was dumb as....

[Professer E]

Ducking bats need to take a long hard look at themselves, pathetic today.

I'm a Handscombe fan but he has to go and rediscover whatever technique he had.  He's a walking wicket ATM.

[DJC]

Even a win won't excuse the failure to enforce the follow-on......

I tend to agree FB.  Not enforcing the follow on is captaincy by numbers and it's let the Poms back into a game that should have been well beyond them.

Smith is sooking now and it's not a good look for the Aussie captain.

This was the test that most favoured the Poms and we should have kept our foot firmly on their throat.

[Blueboy_Benny]

Smith is sooking now and it's not a good look for the Aussie captain.

There's a touch of Brendon Goddard about Smith - doesn't take much for the bottom lip to start quivering.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Ducking bats need to take a long hard look at themselves, pathetic today.

I'm a Handscombe fan but he has to go and rediscover whatever technique he had.  He's a walking wicket ATM.

Handscombe needs dropping....back on the stumps and squared up to the bowlers makes him a LBW candidate every ball, think he might have got ahead of himself a bit.
Needs to spend less time yapping to the likes of Root, Bairstow and more time in the nets learning to play a forward defensive shot...

[LP]

We a posted about whitewashes and one sided tests prior to the Brisbane result. Now it looks like the poor standards of cricket have truly become a great leveller making an unpredictable result.

Should we really be complaining?

The bowlers haven't been too bad, be it that they are inconsistent, at least they look at times to be test standard.

The batting in general seems poor, even those making some runs are like chickens scratching at the ground, the fielding has been a bit ordinary as well.

For whatever reason, the captaincy that was at best average or variable in Brisbane has become poor in Adelaide, I suppose that is poor playing performances making the captains look worse. (Note to Murphy!)

[laj]

I have no issues not enforcing the follow-on. Tired bowlers don't have the same effect as fresh bowlers even at night. If England hit tired bowlers for 450 runs then we have a tricky chase. What you do is bat properly and make sure you make more than 138 even if the opposition do bowl well. Even 200 in the 2nd innings would've made the chase 416.

Criticising not enforcing the follow-on just excuses our bad batting.

We still should win, especially if we get an early wicket, but we have to be a bit better and smarter with things.

[sandsmere]

Handscombe needs dropping....back on the stumps and squared up to the bowlers makes him a LBW candidate every ball, think he might have got ahead of himself a bit.
Needs to spend less time yapping to the likes of Root, Bairstow and more time in the nets learning to play a forward defensive shot...

Exactly. He's become a smart R'se.

Needs to get  back to basics and start playing cricket again.

[LP]

I have no issues not enforcing the follow-on. Tired bowlers don't have the same effect as fresh bowlers even at night. If England hit tired bowlers for 450 runs then we have a tricky chase. What you do is bat properly and make sure you make more than 138 even if the opposition do bowl well. Even 200 in the 2nd innings would've made the chase 416.

Criticising not enforcing the follow-on just excuses our bad batting.

I agree, I've no problem with that it made sense and the critics are full of hindsight.

My issues with captaincy are the bizarre fields and bowler management, and a little bit about the argy bargy which should be beneath the captain. The captains should leave that stuff up to the meat heads like Warner and Broad. When captains start to participate, there is nobody left to reign it in.

The best captains are always calm and cold!