England's victorious Ashes tour has ended in final humiliation as they lost yet another one-day match to the Aussies. A 6-1 thrashing in the one-day series is hardly a good preparaion for the World Cup that's approaching nor a very encouraging way to end the tour; it leaves one wondering how good the players really are.
It's no good arguing that this was a different form of the game or that the players were tired from their earlier exertions - in days gone by, tours 'down-under' involved long sea voyages, many more days of cricket, and being away from home for more than 4 months. This lot travelled by air, played 5 tests, 7 one-dayers and 2 or 3 semi-serious warm-up games in 2 months and we're supposed to think them hard-pressed. Phooey. They're pampered and mostly not a patch on the great players of yesteryear; they need to learn that to be really good at any sport, you have to play it, a lot, and not spend most of their time 'recovering' or 'de-stressing'.
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