Iain Fletcher: No place to push boundaries

DID you hear that? That pop of a balloon bursting. All it took was three days away from the comforts of home – pitches with bounce and seam movement – and England’s pretensions as the best Test team in the world were shattered.

Oh it is easy to say it was only one game and no one should panic – indeed an assortment of England players and management have already done that – but no words or platitudes can change the fact that England were utterly thrashed.