England struck by stage fright
- 23 Nov 06, 08:32 AM
I am afraid there’s no other way of looking at it: England’s cricketers and their fans suffered collective stage fright on the first day of the Ashes series.
Blame the strength-sapping heat and humidity at the Gabba. Blame us (the media) for talking up the importance of these Test matches, if you must.
But most of all blame those brilliant Australian batsmen, who we have already watched scoring thousands of runs in the past, and who look like they could carry on doing so into their dotage.
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