Trent Bridge horror show, Australian media lashes out after Ashes downfall

Trent Bridge horror show, Australian media lashes out after Ashes downfall: “Trent Bridge Horror Show”, the Australian Newspaper labeled the Nottingham Nightmare, after the first day’s end of the fourth Ashes Test, furious media lashed at the team. The Australian innings came to a crumbling end of 60/10 in 18.3 overs, in the “Broad” Daylight. The fourth Test of Ashes series which is already led by England 2-1, has made the Australian media and fans to erupt. The front page of the Sydney Telegraph read, “What a disgrace,” with a picture of Clarke, the defeated captain. A local newspaper prompted headlines on Friday with calls of taking away the citizenship of the entire team.

“We’ll let you choose the headline: Embarrassed, Demolished, Humiliated,” the back page of the sensationalist offered. Stuart Broad the England pace man, who was leading the attack in Anderson’s absence took his astounding personal best of 8-15.

The day came to an end with batting England on 274-4, taking a step forward to seal the Ashes series. Mockery and disdain was all the social media showed after the brief and weak Australian innings. Antony Green, an election analyst with the state broadcaster ABC, taunted, the entire Australian innings with ball-by-ball summary could fit within the 140-character limit of a tweet on Twitter.

England had humiliated Australia, “on first day that will live in infamy”, Melbourne’s The Age newspaper said. “The details of Australia’s so-called first innings need occupy no more space than it did time. All out 60. Sixty! It’s not even much of a footy score. Top score, extras, bless them.” Age columnist Greg Baum wrote.

The top order did not stay in the crease with three of the batsmen being dismissed for ducks. Captain Clarke was caught at slip on Broad’s delivery scoring mere 10 runs. Later, Clarke described his shot as “live by the sword, die by the sword.” The critics and fans rather have a completely different view about it saying, that he should rather fall on the sword, as his decision of demoting himself to fifth number in the batting order after a sinking series.

“Clarke vowed earlier this week he would not be retiring after the five-Test series,” cricket writer Peter Lalor said in The Australian.”The reality is the calls for him to do so will grow louder with every failure.”

A buzz of criticism arose on replacing all-rounder Mitchell Marsh with brother Shaun Marsh, in order to give the batting order a depth which has turned unlikely for the team for most of the series.

On being asked whether the Team should have their citizenship revoked in order to wake up and perform before it’s too late, Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop said “Yes, that has crossed my mind,”