‘Rock bottom’: Former England captains lament ‘abject’ collapse

Former England captain Alastair Cook mentioned England had reached “rock bottom” with their abject batting collapse in Hobart on Sunday as the newest defeat of a calamitous Ashes sequence ramped up the stress on skipper Joe Root and coach Chris Silverwood.
Australia crushed England by 146 runs with two days to spare within the day-night take a look at because the hosts wrapped up the sequence 4-0.
The guests have been aggressive in solely a handful of classes over the 5 exams and the collapse in Hobart, the place they misplaced 10 wickets for 56 runs, was onerous to look at, mentioned Cook.
“That was very tough viewing, that has to be our rock bottom, there cannot be a worse place than getting bowled out in an hour and a half,” Cook mentioned on BT Sport. “The circumstances are robust and a few good bowling, however there was no resilience there.
“That’s the largest shock as a batter and an expert who performs cricket … as soon as they lose one or two, nobody steps up and cease the slide.
“We need to look at everything, start rebuilding this test team. No stone can be left unturned as it has to be better.”

England suffered heavy defeats in Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne earlier than salvaging a attract Sydney.
Former skipper Mike Atherton agreed there needed to be an overhaul of the England administration after one other “utterly abject, humiliating collapse” whilst captain Root mentioned he wish to stay within the position.
“England have not mastered the art of batting, not by a long way, but they have mastered the art of the collapse,” Atherton wrote in his column for The Times.
“Root is an outstanding man, a brilliant batsman but a captain who has run his race. Beforehand, he said this tour would define his captaincy and here we are.”
Atherton additionally lashed out at coach Silverwood and Ashley Giles, England’s managing director of males’s cricket.

“There is no way, surely, that Silverwood can continue as head coach and selector after this, and no way that Giles should continue as managing director of men’s cricket, either, given the decisions he has made,” he mentioned.