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The first Test of the 2013/14 Ashes series finished on Sunday, with the Australians securing a surprising 381 run victory, but this amazing effort has been overlooked because of some words said near the end and during the period following the Test.
Both English supporters and press are not only over-exaggerating, but need to learn to take some of their own medicine.
Before you start to tell me how stubborn my viewpoint is, think about all the stick Australia copped during the last Ashes series.
The press were just laying blow after blow into the core of the Australian cricket. The personal attacks on Michael Clarke where disgraceful.
Jimmy Anderson was in his right to go talk to the umpires about things that have been said, but with the reputation Anderson has as one of the biggest sledgers in the game, he should have excepted what he got and moved on.
If Anderson is going to dish out abuse when he’s bowling, he should get ready to take some when he’s batting.
David Warner’s comments on Jonathon Trott were completely unnecessary, he is talking as if he was a world-beater.
Although he one day could turn out to be one of Australia’s finest players, he does not have the pedigree to be making comments he has to back up.
Both the Australian cricket players and fans should make the most of having the wood on their English counterparts, because it could be short lived.
This is the first time we’ve led in an Ashes series since 2006/7, so we should make the most of it and the English should learn to deal with it a bit better – after all it is only the first Test of five.
England need a bit of humble pie for supper and need to learn to accept defeat. In their defence they aren’t exactly used to losing recently.
So Roarers, were the players in the right? Was the sledging too far? Or was it all part of the game?
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