Delhi: The pain of defeat in the Perth Test had not yet subsided when the England team lost to Australia in the Day-Night Test in Brisbane also. Another defeat and with that, Ben Stokes’ dream of taking the Ashes back to England before the start of the series will remain unfulfilled. Note these records in the context of England’s performance in Australia:

• Won only one out of 9 series since 1990 and lost 8.
• Since 1990, out of 47 Tests played, there have been 33 losses and only 6 wins.
• Since 2013, out of 16 Tests played, 14 losses and no wins

Leave aside winning the Ashes, should England play a 5-Test series in Australia on this record?

Scary record of England in Australia

This time everyone considered it a great chance for England to win the Ashes in Australia. Regular captain Pat Cummins was not on duty when the series started and all the experts were counting the shortcomings in the Australian team. Even then, England itself, due to competition, gave the Test to Australia. After the Brisbane Test, well-known sports journalist Lawrence Booth clearly said, ‘This was a hall of shame performance… He batted as if he was mentally bankrupt.’ Nasser Hussain said, ‘The England team was completely out-balled, out-batted, out-caught, out-thought from beginning to end – completely outplayed.’ What are the 5 special reasons due to which this condition occurred:

Top order is not understanding the value of its wickets:

This is why England could not score 400 runs in the first innings in Brisbane. If 400 had been made then perhaps the result of this test would have been different. Olly Pope was especially criticized by everyone. Has lost his wicket cheaply many times in this series. Root is also guilty because he could have faced the storm of the second innings but disappointed.

The level of fielding is very simple:

Australia scored easily at a rate of 5.17 per over, which was largely contributed by 5 dropped catches. England’s record in fielding under lights in day-night cricket has always been poor. So far, 16 catches have been dropped in the last session of the day-nighters.

Bad bowling at times:

How can England expect to win against such an attack? After troubling Australia on the first day in Perth, he was not at all impressive and this included more than 214 runs given in boundaries.

It was a wrong decision not to play the warm-up:

England did not give any importance to warm up. Even refused to play warm-up under lights before the pink-ball Test. Preparation in the nets cannot take the place of game situation.

Cricketers who failed to show the temperament for a big match:

After the defeat in Brisbane, Stokes admitted that his team was struggling to cope with the pressure at difficult times. That’s why Stokes had to say that his team’s dressing room is not for weak players. It seems that the cricketers have become prisoners in the illusion of ‘Buzzball’.

No England team has been able to win the Ashes after being 2-0 down, so how can we expect such a miracle from Stokes’ team?