Fair summary.
I think the England squad was wrong from the start. The Stokes thing has dragged on too long. Whilst his bowling probably would not have made a huge difference, we have missed his batting and ability to take the game away.
It was obvious with the squad picked that the bowlers...
I disagree with us being 5th in the world.
The reality is the 5 you list are all fairly closely matched, but nobody seems to be able to win away on a regular basis.
South Africa were soundly beaten in England (oddly England did win out there).
Last time Australia and India came to England...