There was much soul-searching among the previously confident Australian press after England’s crushing win,with Shane Watson coming in for particularly harsh treatmentThe Australian reaction to their 169-run defeat in the first Ashes Test has been a bout of deep soul-searching. Previously buoyant and confident of a first win on English soil in 14 years, the antipodean press possess drastically reassessed the merits of the world’s second-ranked Test team.
News.com.au described Australia as “pathetic, and saying: “Australia’s abroad batting capitulation horrors returned – leaving the futures of Shane Watson and Brad Haddin shrouded in doubt.” Elswhere on the site,Tyson Otto wrote that Australia melted in the face of England’s seamers.
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Source: theguardian.com