5 things we have learnt from England's tour of Down Under

#3 Inability to convert half-centuries into hundreds

Joe Root was expected to lead his team from the front, with the bat

Taking the recent Ashes as a yardstick for comparison, Australia had 20 fifty plus scores, out of which 9 were converted into centuries. England's conversion rate though pales in comparison as they converted only 3 of their 16 fifty plus scores into hundreds. The prime culprit behind this is none other than the skipper himself, Joe Root.

Joe Root, without doubt, is one of the best batsmen across all formats. However where he falls way behind his counterparts is his poor conversion of fifties into match-winning tons. He has scored 38 fifties and only 13 hundreds in Tests, in no way befitting a player of his class.

This has also rubbed onto his teammates, who seemed to have developed the habit of getting in and getting out once set. England cannot expect to win matches when their batsmen fail to score big hundreds to set up the game for the bowlers.