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Matt Prior can't play hostile bowling near his body. He is chicken. He doesn't want to get hit or hurt. The Aussies know that if they bowl on or around off-stump to him he will knick one to the keeper. He is just happy to get out of the firing line. As long as he can free his arms and hit wide...

Can't disagree with any of that. Don't have the confidence that the management will have the guts to drop ' big ' names. They've stuck with them through two awful Tests in the vain hope that it is going to improve. We will be 3-0 down and the Ashes safe in Australian hands before they wake up...

Its not just defeat anymore, its humiliation. The psychological advantage swung in the first Test and we haven't got strong enough leadership or enough responsibility from senior players to wrest back the advantage. The Aussies smell 5-0 and will move heaven and earth to get it. Sadly, certain...

Just wish I shared your confidence. Don't see any change in attitude amongst the batsman. They should have targetted batting for best part of two days. All attacking shots left in the locker-room. Grinding it out, over after over. The first two Tests saw wickets regularly gifted to the...

85-0.....180-4.....usual story....hopes of a recovery scuppered by wickets chucked away. They just don't have the resolve or mentality to bat for more than two sessions. It doesn't matter if they are becalmed. Its a five day Test FFS. There's no coming back after this game.

I am accusing a number of this England team of being overrated, not of being crap. In fact, there are some very good players in the team. I have said on a number of occasions that they are extremely fortunate in playing in an era when the standard of Test Cricket is not particularly high. They...

I keep saying it...these England bowlers are overrated. They cannot put a side under sustained pressure. They get early wickets...as many as 4 or 5 or 6 and then the opposition still pile up a big score.

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