Alex Hartley said as much after the last World Cup but it was kind of just flat out denied or scoffed at. But unless you’re totally blind it’s not hard to see it’s clearly an issue. Totally unacceptable for some of them to be in the shape they are in.
Something many people from other nations have had to come to terms with tbf
The step change - for the worse - since Lanning and Haynes departed the scene for good has been dramatic. I don't really rate Mott but there really needs to be some fixing done up top; the team has looked really listless since then. Getting run so close in the previous Ashes should have been a huge warning, they did not play well at all through most of those games against an English side few would describe as vintage.
I always thought they escaped a lot of criticism due to the overarching England vs Australia rivalry narrative from that winter. Losing both limited overs series and barely retaining the trophy thanks to Ash Gardener dragging them across the line in the test match should have been seen as pretty embarrassing, but no one in Australia really wanted to concede that a retention wasn't a victory.
Genuinely one of the few old school classical leggies in either the men's or women's game playing internationals at the moment; so many rely on trying to bowl fast, straight and flat like Zampa so an out and out "beat them with flight and turn" leggie is such a breath of fresh air
