Ashes 2017/18: How big of a disaster was it?

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Jonny Bairstow scored a fine 119 at the WACA as he and Dawid Malan (140) combined to form England's best partnership of the series

One of the issues that experts expressed during the series was the English batting order. In the first two Tests, Moeen Ali had batted above Jonny Bairstow, at no.6. While Bairstow is certainly the better batsman, England’s ploy could be understood as Ali was more attacking, which could have provided some sort of an antithesis to the much quieter batsmen in Root, Vince and Cook.

While the series went pear-shaped for Ali, they attempted to bring in a change by interchanging Ali and Bairstow’s positions, which immediately bore fruit with the wicketkeeper-batsman compiling a masterful century in the next Test, the third, at the WACA.