Just incase you missed the 3rd day of the most recent Ashes encounter. The Aussies dealt a crushing blow to an improving but ultimately impotent English side. The way I saw the whole series breaking down was as follows.
England came here with almost no superstars. When you weigh this up against the Aussies it was always going to be a whitewash. For instance batsman Michael Clarke had struggled to get back into the Australian side during the series whereas England would have gladly chucked their beloved Queen to the dingos if it wold have meant having a quality player like him to spare.
This left a few of the big name poms like Flintoff and Pietersen to burden all the pressure which is a big ask playing away from home. Flintoff made some suspect field placings and the coach was basically a nob. But to top it off your run of the mill Australian bureaucracy did everything in their power to silence the ever raging Barmy Army! They wouldn’t let the trumpet player play at the first two tests. How are you supposed to bring down the walls of Jericho without your trusted drunken trumpeteer?
Anyway as you know & par for the course on this blog I hate uploading videos with my posts – they’re just far too easy. So it’s with relucatance I do this but one name stands out from the WACA test Adam Gilchrist. Wow! He’s one of my all time favourite sportsman as I believe his modesty, integrity & undeniable talent are a package matched only by a few.
He tore the English a new one – It was history in the making – Take a look.
