2nd TEST RATINGS ENGLAND
DOM SIBLEY 5
Now has one Test fifty in his last 11 innings. Surviving only because others are doing worse. Debate over his technique will never go away.
RORY BURNS 6.5
Earned points for a solid 81 in the first innings, but lost a few for the shot that kickstarted England’s collapse. To chase a wide one from Matt Henry was mindboggling.
ZAK CRAWLEY 2
Looked broken after a first-innings duck, and a second innings 17 was his first doublefigure score in seven innings. It’s hard to see how England stick with him.
JOE ROOT 3
Carrying the weight of an entire batting lineup on his shoulders, and looked as if he knew it — especially in the second innings, when 11 in 61 balls was one of the least fluent knocks of his career.
OLLIE POPE 5
His last 12 Test innings have produced 11 scores between 12 and 34, which suggests his new off-stump guard is as much a hindrance as a help.
DAN LAWRENCE 6
His first-innings 81 not out was one of the few highlights. His secondinnings duck was a reminder of his inexperience.
JAMES BRACEY 1
Asked to do two jobs that are alien to him — bat at No 7 and keep wicket — and unsurprisingly, floundered in both. Would not be among the top 10 wicketkeepers in county cricket, so how did he end up doing the job for his country?
OLLY STONE 7
Deserved better than two for 92. Occasionally lost his line, but he never stopped running in, and made a good fist of batting at No 8 — which is at least one place too high.
MARK WOOD 7
Couldn’t match the economy rates of Broad and Anderson, and is still prone to bad overs. But he hurried the opposition like none of his teammates, and his firstinnings 41 kept England in the game.
STUART BROAD 8
The game might have been different if the umpires’ soft signal hadn’t been not out when Broad had Devon Conway caught at third slip by Crawley. But he still ended up with an excellent 4-48.
JAMES ANDERSON 6
Not at his best on his record-breaking 162nd appearance, but barely went at two an over — a sign of the respect with which Test batsmen show him.