England’s batting has lacked seasonal cheer – and it could get worse | Tanya Aldred

The tourists’ paucity of Test-ready options was all too clear in Adelaide once Joe Root and Dawid Malan had departed

Open a door on an Advent calendar and you find a pleasant surprise. A pep-up to put a spring in your step in the approach to Christmas.

Unfortunately, the ECB’s autumnal supermarket sweep went a little awry and England have ended up in Australia with a defective calendar, containing chocolatey treats only behind numbers three and four. The other doors? Empty.

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