Cricket fable Mark Taylor fears England whitethorn request a wholesale reappraisal of the country's operations earlier the Test squad tin statesman to regenerate.
England has mislaid the Ashes bid already, lone 3 matches successful but beaten convincingly successful each, and inactive with 2 to play.
The archetypal 2 were atrocious but this week's slaughter astatine the MCG mightiness beryllium the worst. England fought backmost to beryllium successful a winning presumption connected Day 2, lone to beryllium rolled for 68 and suffer by an innings, the lucifer implicit earlier the archetypal interruption connected Day 3.
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"From a cricket constituent of presumption (it's) a spot of a worry, really. England, I don't cognize wherever they go," Taylor told Wide World of Sports.
"They've tried assorted combinations successful their apical bid but their batting has got truthful galore flaws successful it it's not funny. That's the interest for them.
"I'm not definite wherever they crook to from here.
"Australia person got 15 oregon 20 guys to take from and astatine the infinitesimal I don't cognize who England pick."
After the Test ended successful fearfulness manner for England, skipper Joe Root hinted a reappraisal whitethorn beryllium needed into however the squad sunk truthful low.
Root said not capable nonrecreational players were acceptable for Test cricket - the longest and champion signifier of the game.
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Taylor agrees.
"Something needs to happen, due to the fact that you've lone got to look astatine their batters, you tin usage that arsenic the benchmark I suppose," Taylor said.
"They've got Joe Root who is satellite class, but nary 1 other successful their batting is satellite class. The adjacent champion successful presumption of mean is Ben Stokes, helium averages 36. He's a satellite people all-rounder.
"Everyone other is averaging 33 oregon less, and that includes (Rory) Burns and (Ollie) Pope who didn't play this game, but they person played much than 20 matches each.
"At the infinitesimal England aren't producing players who are going to mean 40-plus, and that should beryllium the yardstick of what you privation to achieve.
"The interest is I'm not definite who's adjacent successful for them."
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Taylor is conscionable arsenic acrophobic astir England's bowling stocks.
"On the different broadside of it, their champion bowler is James Anderson, and helium is 39 years old. If he's your champion bowler, wherefore is your champion bowler a 39-year-old?" helium said.
"I would've liked to person seen an England broadside that had young accelerated bowlers coming through, and possibly Jimmy Anderson plays the enactment role.
"But erstwhile Jimmy Anderson comes arsenic the main act, astatine the property of 39, with an mean successful Australia successful the mid-30s with the ball, it doesn't bode well, and it hasn't gone that mode either.
"England request a full revamp. They request a full caller caller attack to what they're doing, starting with immoderate prime batters who tin not conscionable inhabit the crease but tin besides play prime bowling."
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