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You have said Aus bowlers are better than Ind bowlers last summer, but still they have lost the series. Since Aus batsman didn’t score enough runs, I understand bowlers needed to win test matches, but still batsman need to support and this England batting lineup is horrible.

It would be great if you could do a podcast on this!!!

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Very interesting and intriguing take. But it also seems true that their batting has fundamentally serious problems which were exacerbated and ruthlessly exposed by India’s and Australia’s top dog attacks.

Thinking again, I can see the class of 2010-2011 struggling to do much better against this Ozzie attack to be honest. They give you precious little to work with. India won in 2021 because we had worked out how to nail 20 wickets better than any previous Indian Test side in history. Kohli gets some of the plaudits and deservedly so but the bowlers had to buy into the plans and work it out themselves. Planning is one thing, execution quite another.

I think this attack is almost as good and actually, even deeper than the McGrath-Warne era. While Lyon is very very good, Warne was a palpably greater bowler.

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Before I forget, great piece though. It really made me think.

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