The Telegraph Sport – Robinson told to put up or shut up
The back page of the Telegraph leads with Autralia’s warning to England’s Robinson that he needs to deliver.
Ignore the rhetoric, England will play to win at Lord’s
THE TELEGRAPH SAYS How did England bounce back from the only previous home defeat under Ben Stokes before the Edgbaston thriller with Australia? By not necessarily listening to their coach. Brendon McCullum vowed his team would “go harder” in the second Test against South Africa at Old Trafford after losing the first at Lord’s in six sessions.
We have heard similar sentiments since Edgbaston. Stuart Broad, in his Mail on Sunday newspaper column, summed up what he believes England need to do better this week: “Attack even more”.
It stirs the fans and helps hype even further a series that has captured the public mood but do they really need to go harder than batting at five runs per over like they did in the first innings in Birmingham?
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