Ashes 2017/18, 1st Test: 5 things that went wrong for England

Ineffective bowlers

Stuart Broad and James Anderson's first innings numbers read 54-20-99-5, while Chris Woakes and Jake Ball managed only 42-8-144-2.

Although Broad and Anderson were impressive in the first innings, England's fast bowlers failed to make a collective impact.

Australia needed 170 to win in the final innings and they managed to do so without losing a wicket is a proof enough that the visitor's pace bowling attack failed to click as a unit and was mostly ineffective. Moeen Ali, due to a cut to his index finger, added to England's bowling woes.

All-rounder Chris Woakes, who claimed six wickets in the warm-up game ahead of the high-profile series, could not create any waves either.