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New Delhi: After slumping to an eight-wicket defeat to Australia in the pink-ball Test, England were left to bemoan their inability to withstand pressure when subjected to it in the ongoing Ashes series.
They have been comprehensively beaten in the opening two matches and now trail 0-2 in the five match series.
The tourists have now lost 15 of their 17 Tests in Australia and have to do what only Don Bradman’s Australia did in 1936/37, win from being 2-0 down in a Test series.
"We weren't able to execute with bat and ball and will be having some conversations in the dressing room. In small passages we have been able to bring the game back into some kind of control and then let it slip away," England captain Ben Stokes said.
"I think a lot of it to me comes down to not being able to stand up to the pressure of this format. It seems to be a constant that when the pressure is on, Australia keep outdoing us."
Apart from Joe Root’s first Ashes ton in Australia and Stokes and Will Jacks’’ fighting 96-run stand on day four in Brisbane, England have been second best in every aspect in both matches.
But Stokes still believes his team have it in them to make a turn around and set history in the remaining tests in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
"They say Australia is not a place for weak men and we are definitely not weak but we need to find something," he said.
"We won't shy away from the battle but we need to sort things out pretty quick if we want to bring the Ashes back to England."
The third match begins in Adelaide on December 17.
