elusive century in Australia<\/a> and the scenes on the first evening were of genuine affection to an England legend. Still, Root will know the result has diminished the meaning of his achievement.<\/p>\nHarry Brook – 2<\/p>\n
Unforgivable chasing of Mitchell Starc in the twilight ended a skittish first innings, made all the more wasteful when he was out to a good ball in the second. Not currently acting like a captain-in-waiting.<\/p>\n
Ben Stokes – 6<\/p>\n
Tactically had a poor game, but tried to set an example to his team-mates with the bat. Unfortunate to be run out in the first innings and furious he could not conjure another escape in the second.<\/p>\n
Jamie Smith – 1<\/p>\n
Faced 13 balls for four runs, dropped a catch and did not move for another. A real worry the gloveman is wilting under the pressure of an Ashes tour.<\/p>\n
Will Jacks – 6 <\/p>\n
Did what was expected in his first Test for three years. Battled with the bat, was tidy with the ball once Stokes remembered him and took a stunning catch. Up the order in Adelaide?<\/p>\n
Gus Atkinson – 3 <\/p>\n
Has not bowled badly, yet has only managed three wickets in the series. Is gifting away his wicket down the order when England need his runs – he has a century at Lord’s.<\/p>\n
Brydon Carse – 4<\/p>\n
Effort levels never drop, but four wickets flatter his bowling, which rarely included a delivery in the batter’s half. Another who could contribute more with the bat, given his ability.<\/p>\n
Jofra Archer – 4<\/p>\n
Gets a mark for his first-innings batting, then loses it for turning up on day three with a pillow tucked under his arm<\/a>. Developing an unhappy knack of bowling well without taking wickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Duckett – 2 Got a first-baller, which can happen to anyone, and unlucky to get the grubber…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-303139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}