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Not just Smith. Mitchell Marsh had an average of about 20 before this series, he had an average of 110 from this three games. And his brother was made to look like a world beater

... which is why we failed to take 20 wickets in a single match in a five match series. It doesn't matter if you score 500 runs in an innings, you're not going to win games unless you can consistently bowl sides out.

I hadn't realised that - that will make it a bit closer. Still fancy SA to win ... just

If you thought the Ashes was a bit one-sided, there's a cracking test in Cape Town right now. India have bowled themselves back in the game by dismissing South Africa for 130, leaving 208 to win. Saffers still favourites but if Kohli gets going, who knows?

I do agree about the variety of the attack, picking four fast medium right-armers is never going to help but I think that another problem is that England DON'T pick the best bowlers: they pick decent bowlers who can bat a bit. I don't believe that Woakes is the third best seamer in England, but...

Viewing figures in Australia were extremely high - nearly 10m viewers per test (getting on for half the population). It's no surprise that test cricket in Australia is on a free-to-air channel. In the UK, BT coverage is running at about half the viewers that Sky got for the last Ashes series -...