July 18, 2009

Ashes update, day 2, close: Are Australia the new England and is Jimmy Anderson really that good?

Falling to well-set fields, wide long-hops and ill-advised bravura pull shots, only one possible conclusion can be drawn about the second day’s play at Lord’s: Australia are the new England.
For there was a wholesale dereliction of duty in the tourists’  batting ranks on a par with what England supporters have grown used to in recent [...]