Ashes 2017/18, 2nd Test: 5 things that went wrong for England

Failure to convert starts

Failure to convert starts has to be the biggest problem that England batsmen are facing on their ongoing Ashes tour.

The visitors faced this problem at the Gabba and their batting woes followed them to Adelaide as well.

From Alastair Cook to Joe Root, most of the English batsmen started off well and took their time to settle in but could not convert them into the fifties and hundreds.

Cook, whose defence and footwork were much better in Adelaide, threw away his wicket against Nathan Lyon after facing more than fifty deliveries on both the occasions.

Skipper Root, who was dismissed on nine runs in the first innings, made amends by scoring 67 in the second but it was not enough as his team fell short by 120 runs and lost the match.