Ashes 2017/18, 3rd Test: What went wrong for England

#2 Persisting with Moeen Ali

Before the ongoing Ashes series, whenever bowling failed Moeen Ali, he had his batting skills to fall back on.

An excellent and skilful player of spin, Ali scored two tons in the series against India and cemented his place in England's batting order at five.

But in Australia, Ali has been totally ineffective as a bowler and a batsman too.

Riddled by injuries, Ali has been dismissed 5 times by Nathan Lyon in the series and his problems against the short ball have been exposed by Australia's high-quality pace attack.

Ali, who remained wicketless in the second Test at Adelaide, gave away 120 runs in 33 overs and claimed just one wicket at WACA.