England totally outplayed Australia in the first Ashes Test and Michael Clarkes side need to recover quickly,with few options to improve their battered teamDarren Lehmann could probably be excused a lack of deep forensic knowledge of British TV light entertainment of the 1970s. Still, it was slightly unlucky Australia’s coach should choose to brush aside concerns over the trajectory of a team described by some as a Dad’s Army by echoing the favoured catchphrase of the doddery but dogged Lance Corporal Jones. Don’t panic!Australia may have been out-batted, or out-bowled,out-caught and out-captained in Cardiff. There may be concerns over the fitness, form and general infirmity of assorted senior players. But as Australia prepared to leave Wales, and Lehmann was still insisting,publicly, that a 169-sprint defeat in the first Ashes Test was simply “a minor hiccup”.
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Source: theguardian.com