It's The Ashes (again)

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Pat Cummins completely lost the plot on days 2 and 3. Dismal display of captaincy when faced with the full might of England's aggression. I can't imagine he'll be the Aussie's captain for long if he can't save this series. He needs the weather, for sure. If the Fifth Test is the decider, should he be "rested"? His bowling has been poor since Lords.

What's becoming more obvious is that we should be 3-0 up, not 2-1 down. OK, Wood was (apparently) not quite fit, but put Woakes in ahead of Anderson, Foakes behind the stumps and we win at Edgbaston and Lords. Jimmy offering very little again in this match, he's bowled loads of overs 'cos they're desperate to get him to 700 wickets, but not a nibble.

Bairstow is bleating in the press about criticism of his keeping. His argument appears to be "If people knew how bad the broken leg was they might see things differently". No, Jonny, if we knew how bad the injury was we'd be thinking "Why are they picking a bloke who is just about adequate when fit, but is still recovering from a bad broken leg?".

What has Bairstow done to you, except for the injury he has been our best player since Baz ball started and fully deserves his place, ok he stared the ashes behind the wicket badly, is that his fault he was picked as wicketkeeper batsman. We found a place for the player who has been outstanding for 18 months and as the stats show fully deserves his place, this he showed in this test a wonderful innings and a brilliant catch. So he wasn’t bleating but telling it as it is.