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Australia’s tabloid newspapers have made fun of it England cricket The team’s recent trip to a beach town in Queensland, in which the head coach references Brendon McCullum claims tourists had “trained too much” before the second ash Examination
The tour group was seen with the captain in the town of Noosa, just north of Brisbane Ben Stokes taking pictures with fans And vice-captain Harry Brooke was photographed drinking beer in a beach bar with Jack Crawley and others.
And host country newspapers expressed joy at the tourists’ mid-trip journey, with headlines including “The sun is out, it’s over” with various photographs of the travel group.
One headline read, “On the backfoot, England is beached”, while another headline read, “Life’s a beach, even for drowning poms”. The West Australian, which had previously mocked England with the headline “Baz Bowl”, highlighted McCullum’s comments with the headline “‘Highly prepared’ for bitter end”.
“After frolicking around golf courses in Perth and having helmet-less fun on an e-scooter in Brisbane, England favor rest and relaxation for their latest mid-series break,” the article read, referencing a ‘controversial’ incident in which some members of the team were photographed riding an e-scooter without a helmet. When later asked by the local media, a surprised Stokes replied bluntly and promised that the players would “wear a helmet” next time.
The break comes after England Suffered another lame defeat in the second Test of the series In Brisbane, the tourists now trail 2-0 Need to win in AdelaideMelbourne and Sydney to retain the Ashes.
And the team will return to their normal three-day preparations ahead of the third Test – rather than the five days that led to McCullum’s comments – with players given five days of downtime in between. Although this caused confusion among some pundits and former players, Australia wicket keeper Alex Carey points out that tourists may need time To “refresh the batteries”, explaining: “The Ashes are very hotly contested. You don’t want to be thinking about cricket every day of the tour.”
The third Test begins in Adelaide on December 17, with England attempting to become only the second team to comeback from 2-0 down in an Ashes series after the home side Australia in 1936/37.