The Ashes seem like some unreachable place, far far away, out of this world looking at England's dismal display of late. Kevin Pietersen whining and whingeing about losing his captaincy and form and being homesick just topped the mouldy crumbling cake called England.
Ok, this may sound over-harsh after England just left the Caribbean with their first one-day series success, beating the West Indies by 26 runs in St. Lucia and taking the series 3-2.
But they have the Duckworth-Lewis method and West Indies' coach John Dyson's confusion with it to thank essentially and mainly for that overall victory. They cannot and should not let a couple of wins cover up the cracks that have showed up and broken the team.
It was great to see Andrew Flintoff back to his best with a hat-trick in the last match, only the third Englishman to have done that, with 5-19 from five overs. But if they want a chance against Australia in the summer, they have got to work at their one-day as well as their test match sides.First thing they need is to name their coach who will take over as soon as possible. He needs to get the team together and work on their confidence and consistence.
Hopefully, England will model themselves on Freddie - who looked the good old himself after a long absence and form blur.
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