Australia smash England! Some mental scars left over from the Adelaide Test have possibly been re-opened today. England had scored 435 in first innings, yet have wound up batting last, facing a 239 run deficit on a deteriorating pitch - amazing physical and mental domination by the Aussies. I for one had given up hope of win early on Day 2 when the English tail wagged. Guess that's why I'm not out there, that and the minor issue of cricket ability! Ah well.
All the talk going into the match was about the weekness of Hughes and how England can exploit it now and make the rest of the series so difficult for him, and also on the strengh of their spinners and the lack of Australian spinners.
Now let's think about that for a second - suddenly it's England's opener, Cook who is, yet again against Ausralia, struggling with his game and must be having questions asked, and as for the spinners, well, England 1 for 246 vs Hauritz 3 for 95. on a turning pitch! Now that's a dynamic duo for ya!
Understatement of the series so far, as SBS crossed to Rodney Hogg for his comments and assessment before play on Day 2, he stated that "don't underrate some of those scores by Englad yesterday [Day 1 - referring to Pietersen and Collingwood], there won't be any centuries scored here in this match"....hmmmm
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