'Recipe for disaster': Ponting picks apart England batters | HCL Ashes Analysis

Australia's all-time leading Test run-scorer Ricky Ponting picks apart the techniques of under-fire England batters Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed and Ollie Pope after England slumped to a 275-run defeat in Adelaide
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[@samuelatienzo4627]

Australia always challenges England in an away series... when England come here, they don't even look like competing. The only real exception in my lifetime anyway was the 2010/11 series where England won 3-1.

[@randyschwaggins]

Ur 100% correct...and I'm an England fan...😢

[@hulk8384]

💯💯

[@peterpiper482]

You missed 1954-55 when Frank Tyson tore Aussie apart (7-27 @ Melbourne) Peter May and Colin Cowdrey were the up and comers.Wonderful series ,3-1 England and I was a young Aussie fan.

[@siddharth1200]

@@hulk8384 he is over 70

[@hulk8384]

@@siddharth1200 oh👍😀

[@neilcurran1589]

As a cricket fan who lives in England the quality between these two sides is massive. If you hear Australia are batting first you fully expect 400, if England bat you expect 260 to 280 if things go their way. Very few England players would get into an eleven of these combined teams. I fully expect Anderson and Broad to retire after this series and with Woods being quick but injury prone they are going to be huge boots to fill. England are in transition for a few years for sure. Five nil for this series is a huge possibility and if I was in the Aussie camp I'd be relishing every second of inflicting more misery on the old enemy. May good hard intense cricket prevail !!!!

[@kuhoyeptho]

They can atleast fight for draw

[@Paul-u4r9r]

Broad still has a lot of cricket left with him.

[@katana_3558]

All teams are kings at home...bring australia to india then the video will be about aus batters

[@Ruoktoday1]

@@katana_3558 India might be but England are hardly kings at home and.were very lucky to draw and not lose the last Ashes series at home.

[@aravindnarayan3840]

Broad,Andersen are only in the team being they're viewed as quintessentially English. The only nonwhites the English team pbly entertains are the arse kissing types. A brown skinned version of warne could never be selected.

[@AnkitGusai]

At this point England should just send their limited over team for Ashes, I means what is the worse that can happen?

[@vknpanicker6289]

Yes

[@souldier1189]

At least they'll give a fight

[@hulk8384]

@@souldier1189 yeah

[@klaslo1364]

very true, at least it'll be entertaining.

[@zorro1896]

Interesting point you make. Jo's Buttler and Jason Roy against the same line-up of Starc, Cummins and Hazlewood were smacking them around the park in T20 WC group stage match. Yet change the format and their mindset changes and they look lost. If they just batted 10 overs at T20 mindset, they would still contribute more than England's top order is doing now.

[@akshayrajput9051]

Bairstow James Vince Dawid Malan Root(c) Stokes(vc) D. Lawrence Foakes(wk) Robinson Mark Wood Saqib Mahmood Parkinson

[@mrdaman99]

nobody would dare to drop butler after what he did in adelaide. although, he must improve his wicketkeeping. he dropped a couple of catches of marnus labuschagne

[@Skyboundjourneys]

Seems like Ponting’s being very kind to Hameed and Rory

[@gkplus2877]

जब दुनिया आपको कमजोर समझे तो, आपका जीतना बहुत जरूरी हो जाता हैं... 🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸

[@jegory6899]

just in general the England side lacks quality in all departments of the game, it is not just an easy fix, it will need to be a long transition

[@drdhakan87]

Total limited overs focus, this was bound to happen....

[@MrinalTrivedi]

Brilliant analysis!!

[@poobalanrajan6790]

Pick Johnny at the openers slot. He is matchwinner. He could change the tide for England.

[@vulture3874]

Not a chance. He's already busy combining his other roles: CEO Chairman Head coach Junior Groundsman Second cook and bottle washer At Yorkshire.

[@ca0520]

Exactly.. even I was thinking whether these players are good enough to play test cricket in any side in the world.. they play park cricket in the world's oldest cricketing nation

[@Honey-rj6lc]

Punter ripping apart the poms batting line-up...its common guys.

[@preseli6975]

Burns is not a test batsman, he's had enough chances both home and away

[@garyhendricks6087]

Australian bowling is the best in the world

[@markspence5288]

Burns time Is up for England

[@the_fitness_doc]

I just think that in a sport where balance, eye coordination and poise is required, surely a technique that minimises excessive movement is best. Just feel like there are way too many moving parts for Burns.

[@sathuscifacts3011]

Yes you are correct

[@randyschwaggins]

Have you ever seen Steve Smith bat? 🤣

[@lachyt5247]

@@randyschwaggins Steve Smith is really the first batsmen in history to make that kind of thing work, and while he is unorthodox he is still balanced and still at the point of delivery.

[@randyschwaggins]

@@lachyt5247 so that's the key issue...being still at point of ball strike (not point of delivery). What Burns does before that is irrelevant by your own answer.

[@superleggs3059]

@@randyschwaggins I’m English. Smith is almost dead still as the ball is released, burns front foot is still sliding outside of off. Burns looks much worse and it’s very evident by their performances.

[@heliumtrophy]

At this point, Ponting has nailed England's so called plan into a nice soundbyte - A recipe for disaster!

[@theena]

I remember a post-retirement Sanga, who was doing a stint in Surrey for a season or two, saying that one of his teammates had the weirdest technique he's ever seen, and that it was a complete mystery to him (Sanga) how this teammate scored any runs at all. I'd forgotten the name of the team-mate, until said team-mate made his debut for England and was opening the batting. It's not like cricket isn't welcoming of weirdo techniques either. This is a game where someone who batted like Chanderpaul scored over 10k runs, where Graeme Smith could score mostly on the legside for close to 12 years while opening for SA. This is a game that allows someone with so many moving parts to his batting like Smith prosper. Point is that it is possible to have a weird AF technique and still score runs. But there is such a thing as timeless fundamentals. Rory's head and feet are all over the place, and not to even mention the backswing coming from 2nd slip and then going around his front pad like that. None of the weirdo techniques I mentioned above looked weird once they go from the stance to getting into a position to play a shot. Rory looks weird from the moment he picks up a cricket bat to being in position to play a shot. I was watching discussion on batting techniques in County Cricket with Athers, Nass and Mark Butcher. Two opening batters, one of them a number 3, none of them the prettiest batters in their time, but all of them were fundamentally sound. And none of the three could understand the trends in coaching batting at the county level. Everything from the off stump guard that a lot of the English lads take, to backswing coming from second slip to gully, the exaggerated straightening of the heads. Everything looks like an alien species recreating what they think cricket batting should look like.

[@Penaldogslayer]

Facts..

[@anonymoususer602]

@@Penaldogslayer factos 👀👍🏼

[@fuzalinosshadisk1248]

@@Penaldogslayer factos

[@25arushbhatnagar56]

Too long didn't read

[@joshforde698]

I've been thinking for a little while that Burns should bat like Chanders (or Fawad) to solve his problem of getting his feet in a tangle.

[@neel1901]

Burn's stance epitomises England's misery, because this has been a recurring problem at the county level, as well

[@monketok141]

Why does he move his head so much in the bowlers run up, looks like he's trying to peer round a corner or something

[@gamingwithnicko1942]

He’s stance is like that because he’s left eye dominant

[@damianperera2690]

Not only his stance but also his bat angle. By the time he moves his feet and brings his bat down he's already in a bad position. I feel for the guy but he needs to change his technique as it's clearly not working.

[@engineerahmed7248]

It ain't just the stance. His LOCKED WRISTS pointing bat towards midwicket is bigger problem. As the angled in bowl moves away, he gets badly squard on with bat angling leg side. This french cricket he can only play on slow surfaces to accumulate leg side runs but not anywhere else

[@VDR2612]

@@gamingwithnicko1942 ohhh poor fella

[@wingmasterjimmy6724]

As an Englishman unfortunately I cant disagree with Pontin, his assessment is 100% correct .One of the most fragile sides weve fielded.Embarrassing.Only positive is Jimmy Anderson still takes wickets at this level in his late career.ECB?a woke joke.

[@RohitSharma-mi8gt]

Instead of hunting Vaughn on a dodgy racism call by an anti semite himself, they should rope in ex players folks like him, Nasser and Atherton who could nurture future batters. I agree mate

[@kuhoyeptho]

It's always good to listen to a person who is more experience, so you could grow in that way

[@Longrunthefox]

Well said Ricky, exposing these 2nd rate English Batsmen 👏

[@aravindnarayan3840]

Sorry to correct you...3rd rate. You're being too nice.

[@randyschwaggins]

Hes hardly exposing them mate...their collective mediocrity is quite obvious

[@katana_3558]

Lol bring the aussie team to india ..let's see Ricky point the 2 rd rate batters they have...its just two good batsman

[@aravindnarayan3840]

@@katana_3558 Next Aussie tour to India will be a competitive one. Indian test squad has peaked. It's depth is overrated,based on a sample size of one test series in Australia. Beyond Ashwin Indian spin is white ball oriented,moreso than red ball. Aussie batters are starting to get into a rythm that pbly lasts for a few years for at least 2-3 of them. India has about the same metric for it's batters.... Time flies, players change....

[@heliumtrophy]

@@aravindnarayan3840 I'd struggle to bring them that far up. Root's a first class batsman but tactically suspect.

[@mcdelive]

Man, Test cricket is hard !

[@seventhuser904]

NZ and India make it lookeasy.

[@willsocietyacceptmecauseio1276]

T20 is entertaining. Test is hard. Odi??

[@seventhuser904]

@@willsocietyacceptmecauseio1276 At this point just pretend it doesn't exist.

[@adrianlloyd6403]

Apart from Root,England's other ten can't bat for any length of time.

[@rameshjethani5457]

You forgot about David Malan he is batting so well in this series

[@hulk8384]

@@rameshjethani5457 yeah

[@zacdifabrizio8029]

@@baidicsarkar2087 malan man \

[@mrdaman99]

Malan looked good though

[@aqz2000]

Pointing is right on the money. When will England win a test in Australia, forget The ashes!

[@yabbie249]

At this rate Australia could call a mid 200 score a comfortable one as england struggle to get over 200

[@heliumtrophy]

Really they should've used the follow on because even with their first innings score, England got nowhere near it. Might've saved a day out there.

[@lokeshsahu6023]

Where is jofa archer

[@hulk8384]

@@lokeshsahu6023 injured for a yr

[@antonfernando8409]

Butlet's drop catches didnt' help, 6 or 7 catches, that would have put aussies in so much pressure, would have been easier for englishmen to bat.

[@drdhakan87]

And the no balls!!! Stokes was over stepping half the time until he was caught when warner edged one...a street cricketer does not over step this much...

[@narmadhp1448]

Oh yes marnus would have gone around 21 I think and that would have atleast brought the score down by 80 runs which is big difference

[@drdhakan87]

@@narmadhp1448 early wickets result in exponential benefit, wn u have a good score behind u batters can relax and play naturally So it has been a poor overall display by the English team sadly Worst part is tht besides jofra archer i dnt think anyone is missing from their first choice picks...and the aussie team had to make big changes in both tests...

[@antonfernando8409]

@@narmadhp1448 And the pressure it would have created to the middle order, so not just 80 runs possibly 150 could have been saved, and above all the momentum would have been shifted to England. Momentum is what energize the entire the team.

[@antonfernando8409]

@@drdhakan87 England can still win or draw the series, they're professional highly skilled players, just that each player must rise to his highest potential, like how Pakistan won the ODI world cup, Imran Khan came to bat when 4 or 5 wickets were down, but he rose to the occasion and did the job, that's what's missing in england, no man is willing to rise up, its a personal determination/decision each must make, luck plays a very little role. We dont need heroes, that's another myth, always relying on Ben and Root, england has to realize each player has the potential, in that realization and self-trust, self-determination, england can certainly fight back.

[@jayant18111985]

What I absolutely fail to understand is how can anyone who watches Burns bat for an over select him as an opener?

[@jayant18111985]

I wouldn't let him open for my school team

[@ytuser903]

They don't have a pool of good openers to find a replacement. Other guys in squad are nearly as bad as him.

[@shashanksharma2258]

Rory burns is the best batsman in englands county cricket averaging nearly 50 And he has scored many many runs against starc siddle hazelwood cummins and pattinson in 2019 ashes in england Also scored against nz in this home summer . His technique is not good obviously but he has scored runs using this technique only against top quality side in england also in new zealand i think he needs time to settle in he will come good in next match maybe he played 96.balls 34runs under lights getting on his rhythms

[@timall4her207]

They should have put Joe denly

[@HighlandCall]

@@timall4her207 the same Joe Denly who doesn't open the batting (bats at 3 for Kent and did for England) and who has a lower average in both Tests and First Class games than Burns? Seems like a very bold strategy to replace a failing test opener with a failed test number 3; not to mention that the last times that England have tried to slot in a non-opener in that spot it didn't really go well.

[@ytuser903]

Many English batters have batting averages in early 30s. Their good batters have faced this quality attack well, but it is too much to expect wins only on the basis of performance of these 2-3 guys.

[@thew4rrior5code]

England (ECB) need too skip the away ashes tours, they just don't compete! it's the same issues each time and just like in the Eurovision we all know the outcome before it's started last and by a big distance.

[@guymulry6168]

Haha the Eurovision. That's political or just the politics of envy. GB could, hypothetically, roll out The Beatles, Elton John, George Michael, or the like and still come last.

[@wesellanybiz]

Can someone please explain why did Sir Alistair Cook retire so early? He surely could still be playing and scoring more runs then these current batters!!

[@tomcustard]

I still think that Hameed can produce the goods at some point.

[@simonhill1590]

Yes, in a corner shop in Bradford most likely

[@tomcustard]

@@simonhill1590 haha maybe, but from my Australian perspective I would have more confidence in him long term than Burns, Crawley, Sibley or whoever else. Or Marcus Harris for that matter.

[@simonhill1590]

@@tomcustard Agree with you there mate

[@kaydenbailey3872]

Hameed offers nothing with the bag and his fielding would be embarrassing in an under 13s team completely out of depth at this level

[@VDR2612]

He trash bruh

[@TheJunglecrab]

Ricky’s take on batting issues during this series is on point… thoroughly enjoying his analysis!

[@mrdaman99]

couldn't have agreed more

[@zettaiwabokuda7460]

Kk I might be really sacked for this but I feel Roy in... Or hameed out roy in Ik he failed the previous ashes.. but this time again give him a chance He van score at a brisk rate... nd he is very aggressive too.. he plays nicely in odis as well Also bairstow in for pope.. Nd for a lefty I feel malan should open with roy... with 1 down being Vince or roy nd Vince open with malan in his position For bowling Give dom Bess a chance... instead of leech Btw thx for reading

[@rajmhatre9836]

Not every aggresive player is an opener..and not every aggresive opener get success as an opener..... exceptions are probably..heydon , sehwag , Gayle...but when they were in their prime all had two thing in common . A sound defence I won't say exceptional defence but pretty good and good hand eye coordination. Roy doesn't have sound defence , does he ? Even in limited overs format he is vulnerable for swinging bowls even he is in good form .

[@mrdaman99]

lol. not every aggressive batsman can be a successful opener like Hayden, Gayle and Sehwag. Roy is not a test material

[@osmjakeo6600]

Amazing from jhye Richardson hope he starts for us In the next years to come

[@craigedwards2940]

If not for injury, and the fact that bowlers have never been Australia's issue, he would've been there anyway.

[@osmjakeo6600]

Yeah he would start for any other team in the world unlucky for him that we already have the number 1 bowling lineup

[@joedennehy386]

Wonderful insight. As a kiwi we have a rugby team that wins about 80% of the time. We usually don't often have a bad side, but half the time very good sides. Australian cricket is like that. Ruthless, foot on the throat play to win and mostly do. I respect and admire them.

[@oliverdesvaux]

As a Brit, I always loved Ricky. Awesome player never afraid to hook and pull. Watching this current England team must remind him a lot of the rubbish he had near the end of his career

[@engineerahmed7248]

To the point perfect analysis It ain't just Burns's stance. His LOCKED WRISTS pointing bat towards midwicket is bigger problem. As the angled in bowl moves away, he gets badly squard on with bat angling leg side. This french cricket he can only play on slow surfaces to accumulate leg side runs but not anywhere else

[@proudkaafir8945]

Absolutely fully agreed with Ponting, both the English openers don’t have techniques n are rubbish. Come on England get better openers….

[@tobuncs5261]

phull sapport saar!

[@chandra9374]

Oille pope has got all the quality to be a consistent performer he needs to be placed at the middle so that he can ease down some of the pressure

[@thecarpetman7687]

Burns has a dreadful technique…how he’s even in the team is a mystery. Worst opening batting combination England have ever had.

[@mauritiusnoah]

Ponting, I need you back in the Australian team. PONTING!!!!!!!!

[@davidevenden9294]

Watching england bat is embarrassing. I'm from the uk and they can only bat in British conditions. Only root (as always) and malan have shown any real batting nous. And dont get to hyped on Jo's butler 26 off 207 balls isn't that impressive. Yes I'll give him credit he showed grit and determination but where the fxxk has that been. Australia batting is fantastic solid foundation at top order big hitters in the middle order and tail enders that can bat. Also their bowling and fielding has been top draw aswell. Just lucky I'm welsh and can enjoy as a neutral eye.

[@samwallace4074]

Technically its the England & Wales Cricket Board... you're supporting the losing side as well mate

[@davidevenden9294]

@@samwallace4074 technically your right. I do support Glammy though. But honestly I couldn't care less who wins this series. I just want both sides to be competitive but England are falling way short. Australia miles better all round unit.

[@stephenrichards5386]

I've been saying that about Burns since he joined the England team. How can an opener bat well with a stance like that

[@mrdaman99]

true. ashwell prince(south africa) had a similar stance. he was decent middle order batsman but when he was made the make-shift opener in 2009, he looked a bit uncomfortable but still way better than this strokeless wonder

[@stephenrichards5386]

@@mrdaman99 For me it"s simple. If you are facing mid on when the bowler bowls outside off you will take msecs to turn toward the delivery in order to hit down the line. That's too slow for high quality bowlers. I said it last season and again this season. Either Burns changes his stance or he gets dropped down the order or out of the team.

[@gedog77]

The greatest disappointment for me is Australia have literally done everything we expected, the line and length are as short and aggressive as the conditions support. Technique and mental strength were always going to be examined. And after months of preparation we fail the f*$%king exam like we didn't see it coming. Most of those wickets were from shots that didn't need playing. And dropping catches at that level is catastrophic. 5-0 remains a possibility and if we keep playing like that we'll have earned it.

[@shaan8032]

This one series is going to kick England out of the WTC race. 4-0 or 5-0 loading...

[@vegetasan8052]

I am fine with Chris woakes as an opener…

[@Adam-xe5xm]

Cook is retired and he probably still strolls into the side. Thats how bad England's opening partnership is right now.... I'm looking at you Burns. Hameed is early enough into his career im not as concerned and his technique looks ok, Burns is a horror show. With all the access to coaching he must get how does he look that bad.

[@mrdaman99]

opening batting for england has been a nightmare since strauss retired in 2012. even Cook was exposed in 2013 ashes but was able to do well later

[@frankford1115]

A rock solid fighter. Just code for a guy not good enough. Doesn’t need to play it. Code for guys who are not test class!

[@FirstnameLastname-rn6qq]

Now England is not looking that pumped and impressive that it used to look few years ago being cook and ian bell around in the batting and young anderson and broad chipping the wickets

[@theinconvenienttruth9260]

I would play Crawley and Lawrence for the next test to replace Burns and Pope . It might not work but I think England have to mix it up and do something different now .

[@andrewdeacon8315]

Yep Lawrence got two big hundreds for the lions in Australia last year , and despite Crawleys loss of form his game is made for Australia, I’d replace buttler with bairstow as well , just gotta take those catches. Once the ashes have gone I’d give Mahmoud a chance to as he’s out there. Shame Parkinson was sent home , he did well for England in white ball cricket and has a decent 1st class record playing on a good pitch at old Trafford. Problem is none of England’s reserve batters have had any game time , why weren’t they in the lions match?

[@KingDavid-ts5pb]

Hammed is ok ?

[@aayangoverski3437]

exactly. That's the inconvinient truth

[@aravindnarayan3840]

@@KingDavid-ts5pb You can't even spell correctly in English.

[@KingDavid-ts5pb]

@@aravindnarayan3840 so this was a spelling bee competition Kiddo

[@jeandionneloock8875]

5-0 loading if Burns plays the entire series

[@heliumtrophy]

The problem is they've got bugger all else in reserve.

[@asresalim6145]

I'd be looking for you if he stars in the next test.

[@himi1509]

My team bring Bairstow Wood Anderson Broad Archer Root Stokes Pope Buttler Roy Malan Woakes Curran

[@vanrobsarma3653]

New Zealand, Pakistan have better technique batsmen than Australia or England i guess

[@zester5704]

Indian:Its tough to win in Australia isnt it Brit:😭😭

[@europa1387]

No one cares about India.

[@aqua8194]

@@europa1387 no one cares about you

[@john.doe_0007]

England need to do some serious thinking about their team. Make a complete chop change This disaster started over 5 years ago, really sad to see this

[@jimmyodriscoll9273]

I mean let's be honest Australia's not that good. can't even playing in Bangladesh. got hammered 4-1 and bowled out for 60 you Aussies forgot about that so let's not go calling England. you nearly got a Bangla wash

[@TheGilbalfas]

I agree with all that. The question is what does England do?? For me, they should bring in Zac Crawley, Johnny Bairstow, Jack Leach and Mark Wood. Make Stokes captain and go from there. This is for Melbourne Test. But the team is hampered by an inept selection panel that have no idea and the decisions are hurting the series as a spectacle. Fight hard Poms, like they did last day in Adelaide. All they can do.

[@kaushikattuluri2758]

Leach is useless. Get Parkinson in

[@Todaynews-gz6up]

Did eng missed moeen ali ? Anyone ?

[@bhuttasingh1607]

Ponting spot on legend England very poor simple there county standard no coaches very poor coaching and very lazy coaches England techniques very poor batting poor Bowling no variety no pace no left armer No spin off any world class quality 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ASH1QSHAH]

Ponting, has too much to say about the English Batsmen. Although, i am not a huge fan of Burns. The guy, just looks way too intense at the crease, and yes he moves way too much. Burns should not be in the Test side.Haseeb, he needs to pull his socks up and bat. However Eng has been let down by their bowlers. Simple. Woakes, he is bowling 70 to 75mph. Stokes barely touching 80. Broad also just tickling over 80. Anderson is probably the quickest at the age of 40. Starc is not shy of getting the ball up to your ribs and above. England need similar aggression. It is a Test Match and it is the Ashes. You need to intent to bring some hurt.

[@souldier1189]

England missing wood and archer dearly

[@rajmhatre9836]

@@souldier1189 lol they only have this two as an aggresive options..... they don't have any other options apart from them.....

[@kaushikmukherjee7259]

What about Marcus Harris, he doesn't look like that he can survive at Test level. Even struggling without in Home series. Usman Khawaja, Matt Rensaw has much more mettle than this fellow.

[@ameenaftab2803]

Khwaja avg 40 something and Renshaw 36. But Harris with an avg of 22 will get a chance.

[@kaushikmukherjee7259]

@@ameenaftab2803 sad affair

[@srsusheelaramachandr]

England should promote Butler and Bairstow open batting the other two failed to give good start, let them try

[@stevehall5299]

Ricky is quite correct, why just push at stuff that's wide of the stumps, do they know were their off stump is?, If they do, then hit aggressively to these balls or let the bowler come to you and play line of the stumps

[@bhattyash3434]

I dont why this series was hyped so much nowadays nothing than one side competition england is not even given competition through body language

[@davidstevens3934]

What does this guy know?! But seriously, all our batters need to learn a fundamental rule...you defend the stumps, not the ball.

[@vanrobsarma3653]

Australia still have some proper technique batters but still they r way behind India

[@naganandahollag2299]

Every one is lion on thier own den... assies are well.. You go to engalnd and you will be doing analysis on thier failure...

[@VDR2612]

Burns swings his bat every ball even with intentions to defend he's swinging.. just too many unnecessary moment

[@sanatani26475]

I don't know why rory burns is in the team he fails against india in their home soil and now Australia .Is in eng there is not a single quality opener who replaces him ( just asking)

[@ameenaftab2803]

Zack Crawley, I don't know why he isn't getting a chance. Burns can't score in Eng, where else will he score then.

[@abhinavv7998]

Rory Burns has been such a worst player throughout his career but wonder why they still persist with him, he's got a rubbish batting stands that you don't expect him to score more than 30.

[@gavingrant9121]

It's probably because he's the only opener to have scored multiple 100s.

[@csfundamental1977]

Hammid is a useless batsman tbh. He might be good for T20 but he is not a test player, same goes for Burns. England's top order is a disaster and India took advantage of that when they came to England. To win a series in Australia, you need to dominate all sides including fielding which has been below average in whole series. England has no plan or counter plan against Australia, they had to bad only 20 more overs to draw this test, each batsman had to play 2 overs on average but they couldn't do it. I would go full offense now, defence never work against australia in australia.

[@rameshjethani5457]

Not completely true. In my opinion you can save a test match in Australia but for that you need sheer determination which I don't think England team has except root and Malan. One example of a test match being saved in Australia is India vs Australia SCG test. But yes it is a rare thing.

[@rajmhatre9836]

Hameed has a good technique and whatever ponting said about him was true also he has a bad habit of dropping wrist for short of good length balls , in England it's fine because ball doesn't bounce as much but in Australia that's the length to play on the backfoot rather than frontfoot with lil high elbows

[@varunmadhavan3227]

If I were an English fan, I'd be annoyed by how accurate this is.. If I were an Australian fan, I'd be delighted by how accurate this is..

[@CricketEngland]

To Ricky Pointing I say one name “GARY PRATT”

[@RBenjo21]

“The retention of the hapless Haseeb Hameed over the team's senior opener of the past three years, Rory Burns - for crimes against communication apparently, which perhaps says as much about who he was communicating with than anything that he didn't have to say for himself. Burns' first-ball humiliation at the Gabba may have entered Ashes folklore, but aside from Root, there was no other specialist batter in England's starting XI with multiple Test centuries to his name, nor anyone else with as many as 500 runs in 2021. Of all the moments to presume that Burns was the team's most pressing problem, this was surely not it.”

[@brt3761]

Rory burns stance is very odd and that's one of the main reasons of his failure as a batsman

[@mrdaman99]

Ashwell prince had the same stance but he was a successful test batsman who occasionally opened the batting for south africa

[@brt3761]

@@mrdaman99 Ashwell prince is way far better than burns... Never compare both

[@AhsanLMHY]

England need 5 roots

[@lucacox3589]

Even two would be nice, a back up for him probably now being injured/ not 100%

[@almac9203]

Joe won't be doing a lot a rooting for a while! 😂

[@heliumtrophy]

The batter, yes. The tactician, god help them, that's the last thing they'd want.

[@hulk8384]

@@heliumtrophy 💯

[@eslermanu47]

Batsmen I will never say that stupid new word.

[@siddharthashah1616]

No David Warner has the worst ashes ever when touring England against Stuart broad scoring just 95

[@royakash8263]

It feels like Steve Smith has taken all the catches of the series so far lol!

[@omkargurav8856]

Still you can't beat india... 😎

[@Majbooor]

0:12 Yeah Real Fighter He Only Has One Problem Called "Cricket"

[@mrdaman99]

nope, he has a good record in first class cricket(surrey), that's why he is termed as fighter.

[@swapnilabgul7027]

So sad that when English batsman can't complain about pitches.

[@chethankumar6990]

Rory Burns has the most outable batting action

[@thebristolbruiser]

The title is right, they are batters. But that epithet should not be applied to all batsmen.

[@kapilmiru2343]

After cook and Strauss England opening pair not working properly

[@hulk8384]

💯💯

[@anoopchandran9146]

After watching this youtube recommending ishant sharmas iconic spell against ponting :)

[@IamGaneshSingh]

England should colonize a good cricketing nation AGAIN.....and make them play for England.....that's the only way they can find some good cricketers!.....LOL!

[@amalsonny3268]

Cricket Australia trolling ECB with this video

[@kuhoyeptho]

Have some Positivity

[@White742]

This is nothing compared to what Australia faced when they toured England last time. England should be happy that the Aussie spectators aren't taking it to the next level like the English fans did with all those cosplays, masks and stuff.

[@vishwasparihar1166]

Why BRAISTOW is on bench …I think he could have done lot more better then BURNS…you can simply ask him to bat like he does In ODI…and at the end of the day England would have been in better position…

[@bloodyconfessor]

Hameed needs to go. imo Burns may not have the technique but he definitely has the temperament as he's shown with multiple hard fought 50s and 100s in the past. Stome solid determination required of opening batsmen, he has it. But Hameed has neither the technique nor the temperament(not to mention he looks like a homeless 14-yo, very unathletic). Bring in Crawley for one of the two either way, and Parkinson or Moriarty as the spinner

[@king_has_no_clothskul8635]

there is no international player of any significance barring joe,milan,strokes( getting in to form) and butler. rest all are pedestrian. they dont know how to play on the bounce. lack of practice also shows. england are extremely ill-prepared. even the bowlers have sucked not able to clean up the tail. they made aussie batting looks awesome when it is really not. indian fight-back is dearly missed. zero interest in ashes. empty stadiums by second day and tv revenues also will suck. last year india made bumper money to aus, this nope! i cant recall watching one section properly.

[@benjaminnel8864]

Hard hands on bouncy pitches, simple as that. It happens every time the poms go down under. It's shocking that they haven't learnt by now.

[@Wonmanbanned]

Not personally a fan of pointing as a bloke, but I respect his talent with the bat and strategy. I don’t agree with him regarding burns. We need to get rid of him. “His way” of doing things is obviously the wrong way. He looks all wrong - “a hat on a hat” I think suits how he looks.

[@aswinnair6939]

Burns can play, as evidenced by three gutsy centuries in an England shirt (along with several fifities). He's just in a bad place at the moment and needs to tinker with his technique. I don't understand the hate towards the only somewhat competent test batsman Eng have produced in the last 8 years............... Opening in test cricket is the hardest its been in a long time

[@RonTheDon-30]

I was expecting a cracker series like the one we saw last year between Aus & India. Well... it's one way traffic at the moment 😏

[@mikeyboy6895]

So sick of ponting giving advice on all subjects while commentating he is mr negatively and i am an Aussie i am sure the pomms have had enough of him as well.Your not the captain any more ponting how about talking about positives in the game i actually turn the sound off when these commentators are speaking unless its Botham or Hayden

[@kaushikattuluri2758]

Rory Burns, Dom Sibley and Ollie Pope are so useless. Just let their contracts expire and never select them again. Hameed's issues are fixable but the other three have been given too many chances and are still useless.

[@vulture3874]

I know this is about the batting, but Root is not a good test captain. Not now, not then, not ever. All batsmen have their fragilities and I'm sure, but having him manage you can't help.

[@abdullahamir9626]

Burns technique is awkward

[@nicolasnott2739]

It's not about talent or technique. It's about state of mind and the difference in that between the England white ball and red ball teams is stark. Root is probably England's best ever batsman but he's a hopeless captain. I'd be tempted to put Morgan in the test team just to be captain.

[@vanrobsarma3653]

I dont know wats happening in d grassroot level of English cricket in tests