Reasons for England's humiliating display at Ashes 2017-2018

2. England's Poor Batting Display

A flaccid batting display

Right from the starting of this tour, England's batting line-up has failed horrendously to click as a unit. With the likes of players like Cook, Root, Ali they failed to display the zeal they have showed in the past. The two most reputed batsman of modern era's test cricket - Root & Cook - were the main pillars of England's batting unit but they failed to perform up to the expectations.

Though Cook is the 3rd leading scorer with 327 runs in 7 innings in this series, one must know that out of his 327 runs, 244* came in the 4th test match at Melbourne which ended in a draw. Further, as far as Joe Root is concerned in 7 innings on this tour, he has 237 runs with 3 fifties in his bag, which surely doesn't justify his stature.