{"id":396444,"date":"2026-01-07T01:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/396444\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T01:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:15:05","slug":"its-not-the-pitch-england-greats-brutal-reality-check-the-courier-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/396444\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s not the pitch\u2019: England great\u2019s brutal reality check &#8211; The Courier Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxNVWZGSlJUTUZQZEpNbkFsMkZLZGEwNUtfcWlCc20zMl9hV2VVZ2JkRmtTX3RCOTBOQmlrSGZEY1h6YnJNMmVTSERtV0lmWks2Vld3cnFTM0NzYTd1XzRQSmRmVUxtM29ZU1BvNy0wdklac0Zfc3VEbkVHcjBBY3VlcjJsRW1RNGgtREY5MmZqclJuSUtoaWZ2YzRjMkNZUzYzVEQtZEZwVmp4ZnN5V3ZRYnc3azJvYVpOTk9WODJUN3NPMEJkbmo5ZndjS0l4eXlNcmRBQUVEZWtoMm5RWld0eHE3LW4tZVJrQ04wYWlyQU1sUkhuQlUwSUhHZ1NuQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018It\u2019s not the pitch\u2019: England great\u2019s brutal reality check<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Courier Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxPTE9zMXZzSkNzdGtTX1ZsNmFMeXJ1MU14UzE3WHR5eVZoZF9OUENsRFN2T19nMmNNNzlvY19ONkpLMXczdDJ5QTY4OFhZZldaazhXb1UzMzNCbXJzM1pOd3VkcTJyc1hDcThQSmc2MGE5WU9EVWFhSVBUbjkxaEYxSDRJeFMyVm5DMERVaXRXa3FEQ2pwUEcwd2QzbXM0OWN3eVpTa3Nwd3RVY3FOYS12QjVrOTVRakJlSy1jZC0zZTBjakVkalVhWWVuLUxsc2g5blRFa0RONXhvZTFBTUZNTnUyYURUYmd0em5XWHpqZ2oxbVNxdEpheW4xbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stokes hurt, England\u2019s horror start with Bazball \u2018on the line\u2019 in Sydney<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Herald Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxPc29mWlI2RUVSeXZySC1qV0E3Z2M1QXEyOHdYNTBXM0d3YXpCZGMwaUpITURndDVfMTdoQmdMMnI3cVZ6dU9IbEdCSmxXWFZiRXY4SUQ1UTBQR2RnMnNfYm4tcnAyRjNPZl9sVVA1WHlNbVVkSWd0YjhSWlM2clJ3aEdjM00zbEdyVWJwZkVmN2NnQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Second Root century secures him as &#8216;best player outside of Bradman&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxNd3JpUjl0ZTFFMjE2bUlyX3ZROWxSTmNYZXNjZ2Fzc1ZtaTgtWEdCbGIyUmJCN2FXd2NJejNaMXh0QTlubGRhbFpEa2IwMnpLT1FSRDNmWVh4SWtuWENfTXEtMjZ3c3JaNHg4WjZ1dVVwcFFVR3pzVDNEUEJycHBEZXZoWjQ4Q2ZWeHJCRGNtRWJVSnhNdE9zZlgxSnNNMjZaZzY3SEZpYnEzbFdZYjNPVm1KeHI2SlBmS1I2T2ktNnJvTkpyVVR2NVVnc3VCNU10Zkp3b2dNVmNKQmluSGdUSW91NE8tUC1qV2haRnplRnNLMlFwQmdMUFkzMWJQVFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Root keeps door ajar for Ashes return<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;cricket.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxNT0lKR01nWHZIc3RrTVdBc1VULXdxa2NWZXZZcDhIVzNMRHV6SFotU3dWRjJkdm9OWFlnUmtkZVV4Y1N0aTBmQXFtUUFRZEY5QUVKbHBoaGg1X1pDM1ptR1ZXNE53UW9WTVA2VXp4Sk5YLWJxNE1MWkwwYnBKUjhJc0w5aVRFMzBvdk5HMnpEdUs2bmJKemQweXJ5bmtHaUNaQU5HQ3ZmSTV4a1lqMktuZEpyWHlwVUdwTzBwUVpGN18taGpBRHl4am1MLUNQOGV4VktNOE1LNE9qZmE5NHJvVkhwTFVWdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Root hits ton, Head nears milestone at the SCG<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Brisbane Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s not the pitch\u2019: England great\u2019s brutal reality check&nbsp;&nbsp;The Courier MailStokes hurt, England\u2019s horror start with Bazball \u2018on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-396444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}