Hard to believe how rapid the disintegration of this England side has been
Batting wise, Cook, Pietersen and Bell are all class and weird to have them all out of knick in 1 series. Trott obviously a big loss. Root is a talent but they have really let him down shuffling him up and down the order. Carberry went ok but tough to debut with no senior batsman firing. Poor choice in the touring squad not to have a back up top order bat, they have shafted Compton out of the setup really quick. Stokes is a talent but 6 is too high at this point of his career, he is a number 8
Prior just cooked himself mentally, and no backup specialist keeper in the squad is another blunder
The bowling one takes it for me though. They made a point of picking big tall bowlers in Tremlett, Finn and Rankin and they hardly sAw any action, what was the point ? They left the best bowler in county cricket at home who would have reveled in the conditions, Graham Onions. Injuries look like they have stuffed Swann completely, Panesar is a decent back up but no point having him there if Cook won't bowl him
It was a poorly picked squad before they even left England
Would love to see the series next month with the Saffers but don't think it will be shown here. Johnson won't intimidate Smith, Amla and De Villiers and in Steyn, Morkel and Philander they have the attack to give back as good as they receive, should be a beauty