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

#1 One dimensional pace bowling attack

The pace attack has flattered to deceive away from home

Stuart Broad and James Anderson have taken over 770 wickets between them in matches that they have featured together and displaced the highly celebrated pair of Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh to become the most successful new-ball attack ever.

However, all good things come to an end and so it seems here too. Anderson and Broad have terrorized batsmen in England and even when they have toured South Africa, but they have failed to exert their dominance in other countries over the past two years.

Chris Woakes, Jake Ball and Craig Overton, the pacers that form the supporting cast are nowhere near the level of Broad and Anderson. The bigger problem here is that all these bowlers are good in overcast conditions in England and South Africa, which aid seam movement and swing but they are treated like club-level bowlers overseas. This is because there is no penetration in this one-dimensional bowling attack.

All of them are right-arm medium pacers with none of them having the pace and bounce of a Starc or a Cummins or a Rabada or a Wagner. It's shocking that England have come to a tour Down Under without fast bowlers capable of bowling fast and hitting the batsmen hard.

Mark Wood is the only bowler who offers something different to this attack, as he is capable of hitting the 90mph mark. However, fitness issues have plagued him from the time he made his debut and this has meant he has hardly ever had a long run in the playing XI. England will have to wrap him in cotton wool to ensure that he's on the pitch playing the important games. They will also have to identify a left-arm pacer to provide some variation to this one-dimensional pace attack.