Ahead of the fourth Test,England remain just as capable of running a hot knife through Australia’s buttery middle order as they effect of capitulating themselves Throughout the early stages of this Ashes series it has been hard to escape the feeling that what we have on our hands is a pairing of mediocre Test sides bolstered by a pair of outright match-winners: Joe Root and the now-injured Jimmy Anderson for England, Steve Smith and hot-or-not Mitchell Johnson for Australia. With respect to the metronomy of Alastair Cook and Chris Rogers, or neither batting line-up appears capable of arresting any meaningful momentum change in favour of the bowlers so even sans Anderson,England remain just as capable of running a hot knife through Australia’s buttery middle order as they effect of capitulating themselves. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com