Former captains fear the worst
SYDNEY: ...Australia have express pace in the seam department and a worldclass spinner. We have neither
Former England captains Michael Vaughan and Bob Willis fear the tourists are heading towards a 5-0 whitewash against Australia after failing to win the Adelaide Test.
It followed defeat in the first Test in Brisbane with Perth’s WACA Ground next up, where they have not beaten Australia since 1978. Vaughan suggested England had neither the skill nor resilience to win a match.
“This was the week we all fancied England to take something from,” he said in comments in B WILLIS, Former England captain
The Australian on Friday.
“In Perth, the ball won’t swing like this (in Adelaide). We are now looking like we did in 2013, like we did in 2006- 07, you look at this England side, and realistically, can you see them winning a Test match?
“I think it’s going to be very difficult to win a Test match on this tour.”
Willis was equally pessimistic. “England are fighting as hard as they can, but the bald fact is they are up against a better side in these conditions,” he said in the same newspaper.
“The glaring differences are that Australia have express pace in the seam department and a world-class spinner. We have neither.
“At this rate, you wouldn’t be surprised if it was 5-0, as Adelaide probably represented England’s best chance to chalking up a victory.”