Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon, our Aussie journo double act, pay tribute to England’s marathon man

FINAL WORD

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Adam Collins: How about that whitewash, then? Wasn’t the plan to trample all over England and end some old stagers’ careers?
Geoff Lemon: It’s more of a greywash now. Fifty shades or otherwise. Certainly some long slow punishment meted out by Alastair, the man with the soulful eyes. Of course, we’ve only had three days of the Boxing Day Test. ...