Sideways look of Adelaide presents hope to England despite Gabba beating | Vic Marks

The movement of the pink ball under lights means the second Test venue is the tourists’ best chance of taking 20 Australian wickets

Now an optimistic outlook is required. The good news is that there is a precedent for England being overcome in the first Test in Brisbane and yet returning home with the Ashes (though, if pressed, one has to acknowledge that this happened on the 1954-55 tour when Frank Tyson was reckoned to be really quite scary by the Australians).

There is, however, no escaping that the mountain has become higher and steeper for Joe Root and his team over the past five days. Perhaps the most worrying observation is that England have performed quite well for most of the match at the Gabba. Yet they have still been outplayed.

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