England’s care-free method to Test cricket below coach Brendon McCullum is going through its fiercest criticism after Australia dominated day one of many Second Test at Lord’s.
David Warner (66), Steve Smith (85 not out) and Travis Head (77) all scored freely because the guests pressed their foot on the hosts’ necks to complete the day 5/339 after a well-known two-wicket win within the First Test.
England adopted that defeat at Edgbaston by speaking about how entertaining they’d made the sport and the way Australia had been afraid to take them on – however these feedback seemed much more ridiculous after a totally one-sided begin on the house of cricket.
England was off the boil earlier than a ball was bowled, trailing the Australian openers to the sector after successful the toss after which participating in pleasant dialog that infuriated former Test batsman Kevin Pietersen.
Electing to bowl in beneficial circumstances on a inexperienced wicket, England did not make early in-roads as David Warner constructed a platform earlier than Smith mixed with Marnus Labuschagne (47) and Head for 100-run stands.
Pietersen was beside himself on the tea break with Australia on 2/190 after each England bowler outdoors Josh Tongue (2/88) bowled at pedestrian pace.
“It’s been shambolic. Absolutely shambolic,” Pietersen mentioned through the tea break.
“You have overhead conditions, you have a wicket that suits your bowlers and you’ve got bowlers running in at 78, 79, 80 mile an hour.”
As pictures of Australia’s opening pair Usman Khawaja (17) and David Warner ready out on the bottom for the England crew had been performed, Pietersen erupted.
“Now it’s one thing walking in, swanning around saying ‘this is a wonderful team to play in, we’re creating the best environment’,” he mentioned.
“But this is not Ashes cricket. I’ve played Ashes cricket. I’ve played 30 matches against Australia.
“The Australians here were outside to bat before the English bowlers. The English bowlers this morning should have been on those stairs saying ‘we want to bowl at Australia, we’re desperate to bowl at Australia’. These two Australian batters are out there waiting for England.”
The former Test batsmen’s depth solely elevated when pictures of the opposing groups chatting on the boundary had been proven.
“It’s all too easy and it’s all too nice. Are you telling me Ricky Ponting in 2005 is going to be talking to Geraint Jones? You think Michael Vaughan is going to be standing next to Justin Langer and saying ‘awesome mate, what a cool day …’?
“Are you joking? Are you absolutely joking? I just hope they’re in that dressing room now and the England coach is giving them the biggest hammering and saying ‘it’s not good enough, it’s absolutely not good enough!’.”
The lack of tempo on provide from England’s all-pace assault was a daily speaking level.
“It’s just not good enough, it really isn’t,” Pietersen mentioned through the second session.
“These guys are expected to bowl Australia out today and it’s just getting sloppy. Not enough balls in the right area. And the speeds haven’t been up.
“(Ollie) Robinson, in his first couple of spells, was bowling at 78 miles an hour and David Warner was sweeping him. It all just looks a little bit too easy here for Australia.”
“The speeds have got to improve,” Pietersen added. “You can’t bowl at 80 miles an hour. At 80 miles an hour, when the ball deviates you can recover and you can manage the deviation.
“When Josh Tongue was bowling earlier at 85, 86, 87 miles an hour it is a completely different game. The English have to bowl with more power and nip and bowl in better areas.
“Anderson has averaged 81 this morning and Broad has averaged 81. Robinson 79. Stokes 79. Josh Tongue has been up at 86. Those are the bowlers. Those are the averages. That tells a story in itself.”
It solely obtained worse later within the day as Head performed one other particular innings.
The Aussie No. 5’s runs got here at higher than a run-a-ball as he took the sport away from England earlier than a late double strike by Joe Root made the scoreboard slightly extra respectable.
Root had Head stumped after which eliminated Cameron Green – who went for an early heave – for a duck to provide the hosts hope of preserving the primary innings complete below 400.
But Smith, who grew to become the second quickest man to 9000 Test runs halfway via the day, will likely be eyeing his thirty second century when he resumes with Alex Carey (11 not out) tomorrow.
Opening bowlers James Anderson (0/29 from 15 overs) and Stuart Broad (0/72 from 18 Overs) did not take a wicket whereas new villain Robinson (1/86 from 21 overs) solely managed one and was on the receiving finish of a stinging sledge by Aussie commentator Mel Jones.
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