****'ssake, England

[Burney]

Ten ****ing characters

[Ash]

Ten ****ing characters

It'll be ten ****ing wickets soon.

[Burney]

It'll be ten ****ing wickets soon.

The trouble with this England batting is that you've got two world-class batsmen in Cook and Root and two intermittently decent batsmen in Bairstow and Moeen. Unfortunately, you can't rely on any of the others in the top seven to get any serious runs at all. Too many passengers who aren't worth their place, basically.