England has suffered three successive defeats to Australia, losing the Ashes. This is despite the maiden Test century from Ben Stokes. The loss meant Australia regaining the urn with a 150-win and an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.
England coach Andy Flower said: "I think it is fair to say with the bat we have underperformed badly. We've only got one Test century to six or seven of theirs and that's from a young all-rounder playing in his second Test match.”
"We haven't handled the pace that well and I think the pace of (Mitchell) Johnson has been really well backed up by (Ryan) Harris and (Peter) Siddle. They've been very accurate and skilful. And their off-spinner has bowled nicely, too.”
Meanwhile, Australian captain Michael Clarke praised England’s team.
"I think Ben Stokes deserves a lot of credit for the way he played. To come out and make a tough hard-fought hundred he deserves a lot of credit,"
"It certainly wasn't given to us easy but we expect that. We've known from day one that playing against England's always tough. They've got a lot of good players and we've seen that throughout this series.”
