to game and it s easy to take the baggage from all of the bad performances into the next one. a combination of all of those things, i would say. the most disappointing thing over here from australians is they want to see their side challenged, i think, and i don t think at any stage over the three games so far have they really been challenged. england will be looking to salvage some kind of performance from the final two tests to come. there was success for one english player down under, albeit in t20 cricket. sam billings top scored for sydney thunder as they beat big basjh league leaders perth scorchers in canberra. his 67 off 35 balls helped his team to 200 7 off their 20 overs. they won by 3a runs. the busy premier league schedule continues today with four more games. two are off though, because of covid cases. a record 103 players and staff tested positive for covid in the seven days up to and including boxing day. three games kick off