THE BRITTLE BATSMEN

ALASTAIR COOK 2, 7 AND 37 = 46 RUNS AT 15.33

Seemed set to put his double failure at Brisbane behind him when he moved to 37 in Adelaide, only to poke Nathan Lyon tamely to slip. Without an Ashes hundred in 32 innings.

MARK STONEMAN 53, 27 AND 18 = 98 RUNS AT 32.66

Has looked the part in his first Ashes, beginning with a gutsy half-century at the Gabba, and only getting out to good balls.

JAMES VINCE 83, 2 AND 2 = 87 RUNS AT 29.00

An elegant 83 at Brisbane, but hasn’t done much since.

JOE ROOT 15, 51 AND 9 = 75 RUNS AT 25.00

His two dismissals at Brisbane prompted Steve Smith to say he has a problem with lbws, but his thick-edged drive to third slip in Adelaide wasn’t encouraging.

DAWID MALAN 56, 4 AND 19 = 79 RUNS AT 26.33

Batted calmly at the Gabba until his mistimed pull off Mitchell Starc kickstarted England’s firstinnings collapse. Looks uneasy against Lyon’s off-breaks.

MOEEN ALI 38, 40 AND 25 = 103 RUNS AT 34.33

England’s top scorer, which isn’t saying much. Fallen three times to rival off-spinner Lyon.

JONNY BAIRSTOW 9, 42 AND 21 = 72 RUNS AT 24.00

Two loose shots at Brisbane led to speculation that Australia’s headbutt-related sledging had got to him, though he was twice left batting with the tail.

CHRIS WOAKES 0, 17 AND 36 = 53 RUNS AT 17.66

Proved he can bat at No 8 in an away Ashes series with a nuggety 36 in Adelaide.

STUART BROAD 20, 2 AND 3 = 25 RUNS AT 8.33

Only occasionally looks like a Test No 9 these days. But he’s not in the team for his runs.

CRAIG OVERTON 41*

Strengthened England’s lower order in his maiden Test innings, and wasn’t afraid to stand up to the short stuff. Promising.

JAKE BALL 14 AND 1 = 15 RUNS AT 7.50

Clattered Lyon for three fours in an over at Brisbane, but a sitting duck against the Aussie quicks.

JAMES ANDERSON 5*, 0*, 0 = 5 RUNS AT 5.00

England can’t expect any runs from their genuine No 11.