It's The Ashes (again)

[Shabby Russian]

Too much analysis of individual incidents.

One incident changes, the whole history of the game is altered, subsequent incidents don't happen.

Overall, think this was a missed opportunity, good toss to win, slightly squandered...should have looked to score 500+ and make Australia bowl for at least 4 sessions.
As things went it might have meant the game would be drawn, although that's not certain.But we wouldn't have lost and surely the overall goal is to win the series.

Key to this series is how our bowlers cope with the workload..they will bowl a lot more overs than the Aussie bowlers will.

Also was the failure of Smith and Laubershaine in this game a one off or an indication they are out of form.

Think it needs to be the latter if we are to have any chance of winning the series.