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*Official* Fourth Test at the MCG

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GIMH said:
This is true for these 9 Tests against you lot but the truth is it's been a problem since this time last year
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Yeah, was including non-Ashes Tests, tbh. Winning in India masked a lot of it (with the ball, anyway).

Let me be clear, though, I'm not saying these guys can't play under pressure. They've proven many times they can and we're talking about a team with a couple of the better cricketers England's ever had. But, aside from on-field pressure, every millionaire can tell you all about the pressure of being so successful in and of itself. You see it in almost every sport, even within a season when a dominant team loses a couple of late season games to the cellar-dwellers.
 
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In an interview, Watson said Boof Lehmann told them: "I want to make this the time of your lives."

...and the Australian team are playing as if its the time of their lives. It shows through even when they are performing the one percenters like Rogers diving to stop Warner's throw at the stumps yesterday.

Are Australia enjoying their cricket so much because they are winning? Or are they winning because they are enjoying their cricket so much?

England by contracts aren't enjoying their cricket or winning.
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The exact same issues England are facing, this current Aussie side will face too. Lehmann's great at getting the best out of the blokes he likes but his '**** what the boss says, I'll back ya' schtick only goes so far so it'll be interesting to see how he responds when he has in the team guys who maybe don't get along so well. He's no fan of blokes who are more 'inward' so I'm wondering whether guys like Hughes will get much of a go whilst he's in charge.

Also I think he's getting far too much credit and Billy McDermott far too little.
 
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The exact same issues England are facing, this current Aussie side will face too. Lehmann's great at getting the best out of the blokes he likes but his '**** what the boss says, I'll back ya' schtick only goes so far so it'll be interesting to see how he responds when he has in the team guys who maybe don't get along so well. He's no fan of blokes who are more 'inward' so I'm wondering whether guys like Hughes will get much of a go whilst he's in charge.

Also I think he's getting far too much credit and Billy McDermott far too little.
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Boof started at short notice in England when Arthur got the shove. McDermott came on board well after that. Full credit to both of them and anyone else who has been involved in the remarkable turnaround of the team's morale and fortune.
 
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...and Johnson dominates them some more.

Ugly, ugly end for Pietersen.

Under 16 level dismissal :laugh:
 
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