{"id":25241,"date":"2026-01-31T00:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/unhinged-cricket-england-shellshocked-searching-for-hope-tailenders-ashes-reaction\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T00:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:15:10","slug":"unhinged-cricket-england-shellshocked-searching-for-hope-tailenders-ashes-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/unhinged-cricket-england-shellshocked-searching-for-hope-tailenders-ashes-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Unhinged Cricket! England Shellshocked &#038; Searching for Hope | Tailenders Ashes Reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NrtwS9E4SHs?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The first Men\u2019s Ashes Test in Perth was over in two days &#8211; and it didn&#8217;t &#8216;go well&#8217; for England.<\/p>\n<p>Greg James, Felix White and Jimmy Anderson unpack the chaos, the batting collapse, and the bowling highs. Plus: why there are still reasons to be cheerful as we head to Brisbane for the second Test.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe for more Tailenders episodes throughout the Ashes and join the community. You can also delve into the back catalogue on BBC Sounds. Go well!<\/p>\n<p>Follow every ball of the Ashes on the BBC Sport app, iPlayer and Sounds. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro &#038; viewer comments<br \/>\n04:09 Doom &#038; gloom: England\u2019s collapse<br \/>\n08:39 Watching the Ashes overnight: The struggle<br \/>\n11:16 Shot selection debate &#038; Perth pitch analysis<br \/>\n16:05 Travis Head\u2019s innings &#038; England\u2019s bowling plans<br \/>\n20:33 England\u2019s batting approach: Aggression vs discipline<br \/>\n24:02 Looking ahead to Brisbane: Adjustments &#038; mindset<br \/>\n26:01 Australia\u2019s line-up changes? Head to open?<br \/>\n28:11 England\u2019s bowling attack review &#038; variety debate<br \/>\n31:42 Reasons to be cheerful: Positives from Perth<br \/>\n36:47 Accountability &#038; fan frustration<br \/>\n42:01 Viral fan story: The day three no-show<br \/>\n47:28 Matching\u2019s detective work &#038; Instagram find<br \/>\n49:05 Pub chat tips: Drop-in vs baked-in pitches<br \/>\n54:18 Predictions for Brisbane &#038; closing thoughts<\/p>\n<p>=============<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE so you never miss out on our best videos<br \/>\n\u27a1\ufe0f\u27a1\ufe0fhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/1sFodyu <\/p>\n<p>=============<\/p>\n<p>Find us here: <\/p>\n<p>BBC Sport: http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCSport\/<br \/>\nX: https:\/\/www.x.com\/BBCSport\/<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcsport\/<br \/>\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bbcsport<\/p>\n<p>#bbcsport #ashes #cricket<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NrtwS9E4SHs\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Men\u2019s Ashes Test in Perth was over in two days &#8211; and it didn&#8217;t &#8216;go well&#8217; for England. Greg James, Felix White and Jimmy Anderson unpack the chaos, the batting collapse, and the bowling highs. Plus: why there are still reasons to be cheerful as we head to Brisbane for the second Test. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25243,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25241\/revisions\/25243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}