TO BUTTON IT

little worried, even scarred by the Ashes battles to date. Let’s look at the facts.

England hung in there for three days in Brisbane and then Australia flexed its muscles and blew them away, winning by 10 wickets.

Second Test, Root makes one of the worst decision ever to bowl first — it’s the Adelaide Oval for one, and two, it was a flat pitch. England takes just four wickets on day one and Australia declares at 8- 442 and that was where the game was lost.

England came back and fought hard which is what you expect from a good side and England is just that but in the end they couldn’t get it done and now they’re heading west where they haven’t won for 39 years.

It’s time to stop the spin and worry about the cricket.

The England leaders should be talking about themselves, not the Aussies.

They should be saying we haven’t played well enough in the first two Tests but we’re here to win and we believe we can, we will work hard this week to get our plans right and to find a way against Nathan Lyon.

Anyone who has watched the Brisbane and Adelaide matches knows England has been short of what’s required and that’s why they are twonil down. I don’t think Australia is too worried about England at the moment.

Let’s hope England is honest with itself and turns up in Perth with better plans and can execute them which means we head to the MCG with the series still alive.