I'd Be Licking My Lips Bowling To England - Mcgrath

For Australia to conflict backmost and triumph nan first Ashes Test arsenic decisively arsenic they did, you wonderment what scars will beryllium near connected nan England team.

What are they going to do for nan remainder of nan series?

I do not deliberation anyone expected what happened connected Saturday. When you look astatine nan number of overs taken to complete nan game, it was Test cricket connected accelerated forward.

England were good connected apical astatine luncheon connected nan 2nd day, 105 up pinch 9 wickets successful hand. The transportation was still doing plenty. It looked truthful reliable for Australia to get backmost into nan match.

From that point, England's changeable action was their large undoing. Scott Boland put successful astir apt his worst capacity successful an Australia garment successful nan first innings, past turned it astir successful nan 2nd to beryllium nan catalyst for nan comeback.

England's batters were retired trying to deed balls extracurricular disconnected stump, connected nan up, done nan covers.

Trying to people disconnected those deliveries, pinch those shots, is nan 1 point you conscionable do not do arsenic a batter successful Australia.

It showed that England had not done their homework, are not capable to accommodate aliases are unwilling to adapt.

There is simply a batch of talk astir England's method, their fierce style. I witnessed it up adjacent during nan 2023 Ashes successful nan UK. Under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, they tin beryllium beautiful stubborn erstwhile it comes to sticking pinch that method.

It is good connected slow, debased pitches. On nan fast, bouncy pitches of Australia it is simply a method fraught pinch danger. If England do not reassess, they will struggle for nan full series.

As a bowler, I would person ever felt successful nan crippled against this England team.

I relied connected my accuracy, backing myself to deed nan aforesaid spot connected aliases extracurricular disconnected stump, pinch a spot of bounce and nip.

Even if this England squad was going well, I'd beryllium licking my lips astatine nan imaginable of bowling to them, knowing 1 correction could bring 3 aliases four.

There are times erstwhile England tin beryllium a high-quality team. They person bully players. Good players person skill, but awesome players person nan intelligence toughness and cognition to beryllium adaptable capable for nan conditions.

They would been shellshocked astatine nan measurement things unfolded astatine Perth Stadium, devastated astatine nan measurement they were beaten. Now we will spot what they are made of. Even arsenic a existent bluish Australian, portion of maine wants to spot them change, conscionable to show they tin improve.

It was almost nan aforesaid pinch their bowling. England's onslaught was very bully connected nan first evening, past mislaid nan crippled erstwhile they were attacked connected nan 2nd night.

In Test cricket, each disciplines require a Plan B. Quite often it feels for illustration England person 1 method, past obscurity to spell if that does not work.

In fairness to England's bowlers, they were deed by 1 of nan awesome Ashes innings by Travis Head.

His 69-ball 100 was nan 2nd fastest by an Australian man successful Ashes cricket, 12 balls down Adam Gilchrist astatine nan Waca 19 years agone – a crippled I played in.

My aged mate Gilly said Head's innings was nan amended of nan two. I agree. Given nan trouble of nan transportation and nan discourse of nan lucifer situation, Head's sound will spell down arsenic a infinitesimal of Ashes history.

It was a bold and brave move for Australia to beforehand Head up nan bid for nan 2nd innings.

Usman Khawaja has copped it for being incapable to unfastened successful either innings. He had backmost spasms aft playing play nan time earlier nan Test, but I do not judge nan 2 were linked.

When Khawaja missed retired connected time one, Australia promoted Marnus Labuschagne and sewage bogged down.

In moving Head, who has nan assurance of opening successful white-ball cricket, Australia were capable to return nan onslaught to England.

Now location is nan mobility of what Australia will do for nan 2nd Test. I'd for illustration to spot them instrumentality pinch nan method of aggression astatine nan apical of nan order.

That could mean Head remains, meaning personification for illustration Beau Webster comes into nan mediate order, aliases Head could spell backmost to number 5 and Mitchell Marsh aliases Josh Inglis could spell to nan top. It would beryllium reliable connected Khawaja, but sometimes you person to do what nan guidance would find astir uncomfortable.

After nan first Test was dominated by nan bowlers, immoderate are wondering if nan remainder of nan bid will beryllium short, low-scoring Tests.

Perth Stadium is beautiful overmuch nan fastest, bounciest transportation successful nan world, truthful nan batters should get a small spot of respite from now on.

It is not each astir nan pitch. Credit has to beryllium fixed to nan bowlers for getting nan shot successful nan correct spot truthful often. Overall, batters connected some sides will request to look astatine really they sewage themselves out.

Now we move connected to Brisbane, and nan vastly different day-night conditions for nan 2nd Test.

In 2006-07, I was portion of nan Australia squad that overwhelmed England to triumph 5-0. Ashes bid successful this state person a wont of getting distant from England quickly.

At nan moment, England are only 1-0 down. There would beryllium nary coming backmost from 2-0, which is why Brisbane is specified a monolithic game.

They must adapt, aliases nan Ashes will beryllium gone erstwhile more.

Glenn McGrath was speaking to BBC Sport's main cricket newsman Stephan Shemilt