The road less travelled...

You know, it may make me sound like a bitch, but England didn't win the cricket, Australia lost it. We deserved to lose, of course, because we played as badly as I have ever seen Australia play, and even our one win was luck in a lot of ways. Our batsmen were the height of patheticness, and other than Shane Warne (and Glen McGrath in the first test) our bowlers also failed. However, our captain's temper tantrums were, to me, the most humiliating part of the tour.

That said, the English team weren't that much better. Flintoff was the equivalent of Warne in terms of great bowling, but otherwise, most of your wickets, like those Australia took, were the result of bad decisions/play on the part of the batsmen. None of the English batsmen really stood up in every single match and produced consistent innings.

Australia is going to have to make major changes over the next few months. Those who need to go: Ponting, Hayden, Langer, Martin, McGrath. Gilchrist needs to concentrate more on his keeping and stop trying to be the saviour when he clearly can't take the pressure. He certainly shouldn't be the next captain. If Clarke got more confidence he would make an excellent captain, moving Australia on from the Steve Waugh days. We also HAVE to get rid of John Buchanan, who is far too fixed in his ways. Then we can look at winning away from home again.

You know, it may make me sound like a bitch, but England didn't win the cricket, Australia lost it. We deserved to lose, of course, because we played as badly as I have ever seen Australia play, and even our one win was luck in a lot of ways. Our batsmen were the height of patheticness, and other than Shane Warne (and Glen McGrath in the first test) our bowlers also failed. However, our captain's temper tantrums were, to me, the most humiliating part of the tour.

That said, the English team weren't that much better. Flintoff was the equivalent of Warne in terms of great bowling, but otherwise, most of your wickets, like those Australia took, were the result of bad decisions/play on the part of the batsmen. None of the English batsmen really stood up in every single match and produced consistent innings.

Australia is going to have to make major changes over the next few months. Those who need to go: Ponting, Hayden, Langer, Martin, McGrath. Gilchrist needs to concentrate more on his keeping and stop trying to be the saviour when he clearly can't take the pressure. He certainly shouldn't be the next captain. If Clarke got more confidence he would make an excellent captain, moving Australia on from the Steve Waugh days. We also HAVE to get rid of John Buchanan, who is far too fixed in his ways. Then we can look at winning away from home again.