Ashes 2017/18, 2nd Test: 5 things that went wrong for England

Middle-order failure

Australia's top-order did not do wonders but their middle-order rose to the occasion and added valuable runs to the hosts' first-innings total. England lacked in that department as well.

Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine and tail-ender Pat Cummins were chiefly responsible for Australia's huge first innings lead but their English counterparts could not produce anything special.

There were a lot of expectations from Moeen Ali in the absence of Ben Stokes but he could not deliver either. The second innings performance was even worse than the first as England were all out for 233 in the first session on day 5 losing the match by 120 runs.