The Ashes 2013: What Clarke and Lehmann must do now

2. Iron out the technical flaws in batting

Chris Rogers got out on a full toss from Graeme Swann

A look at the way the Aussie batsmen have been dismissed would have shown both the captain and the coach the kind of flaws that have crept into their techniques.

Most of them got out playing the leg-side flick, including Clarke. Some of them offered no stroke to the straighter delivery from Graeme Swann, and were trapped in front of the wicket.

Since Lehmann was a good player of spin, his expertise would help the southpaws – particularly Chris Rogers, who had a torrid time against Swann in the previous game.

Another flaw was the inability of the batsmen to play the full toss. Swann picked up a couple of wickets with those rubbish deliveries, and Lehmann would do well to have Nathan Lyon bowl to the willow exponents in the nets as preparation.