The Ashes in Australia, 2013/2014.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Seven runs in half an hour.

Time to go.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Only 398 runs in it now!

[cricketsi]

fully expecting to wake up to us all out for under 200 and aussies on something stupid like 180-1 at close of play

I wish your prediction wasn't so sadly accurate and obvious.

Utterly pathetic. Our batsmen aren't worthy of the name.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch the highlights.

[Xhaka Can’t]

This is not going as well as expected.

[Marc Overmars]

Aussie whitewash?

[Rors]

Holy mother of...

Top/middle-order just crumble. Johnno isn't exactly a guile-laden bowler, but even he had the run of most of the team again. Hell, even Monty 'Brian Close' Panesar put up more resistance against him.

[Rors]

Just seen Broad's dismissal. WTF was he doing?! Yes that's right, just expose all three-stumps to somebody throwing it down at 95mph. That'll help.

[Syn]

Just seen Broad's dismissal. WTF was he doing?! Yes that's right, just expose all three-stumps to somebody throwing it down at 95mph. That'll help.

A couple of them were impatient. I saw up until lunch. Root went after Lyon's first ball and Carberry went for a pull just before lunch. It was probably all over by that point anyway.

Very good innings from Bell. Was positive from the first ball and looked in no real danger to miss out on a hundred if others didn't let him down. Cook getting out was the disaster...he's the most likely to be able to play a 300+ ball innings.

[Rors]

A couple of them were impatient. I saw up until lunch. Root went after Lyon's first ball and Carberry went for a pull just before lunch. It was probably all over by that point anyway.

Very good innings from Bell. Was positive from the first ball and looked in no real danger to miss out on a hundred if others didn't let him down. Cook getting out was the disaster...he's the most likely to be able to play a 300+ ball innings.

Cook just isn't there at the moment. Having a dip straight outta Summer 2010. So slow to the pitch of the ball, be it pace or spin. If you are effectively one down before you start, and your third wicket partnership is therefore inexperienced in the test game you've got problems. Good score for Carberry though, probably done enough to cement that position for at least the remainder of the series. Not that the series will be worthy of the name by Christmas if this keeps up...