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That view would have held water in the early noughties but not any more really. That ship sailed years ago and schools DO play competitive sport these days when they have the chance. Unfortunately the facilities aren't always there these days, and that is down to many reasons. With cricket...

You've forgotten fielding. We seemed to put down what chances we were given including a comically bad drop in Adelaide.

I broadly agree with this - the real issue in the tests so far has been that too many of our batsmen have thrown away their wickets. To have any sort of chance, we needed Cook and Root to bat to their best ability, and they've both been woeful. The only real bright spot has been Malan's...

After Mooen Ali and Craig Overton, there were only 3 other batsmen, and they added a combined 20 - not lots but even if they had added double that it would hardly have made a difference. Exactly how many more did you expect from Woakes, Broad and Anderson then, bearing in mind our opening 4...

You need at least 2 quicks at the WACA, and as you say, we have nobody with genuine pace.

That would be 3 wickets in the last 10 overs. How likely is that on this wicket? You may as well say "another 7 wickets in the next 2 overs and England will be in command". Face it, we've thrown it all away with another abject display.

Moeen failed with the bat, and so did Overton. You can't really blame the rest of the lower order for adding so few runs - it's not their job. Fingers should be pointed at the players who came in before Malan and Bairstow - they are the reason we didn't get 500 which looks about par on this...

This. Today has been another absolute shambles and more utterly gutless cricket, apart from the opening hour of the day and then one 20 minute Craig Overton bowling spell. I'm sure Joe Root feels we're still "massively in this" test match. We're not. We're probably going to draw, but if we...