‘None of us like it. It’s just that some of us show it more than others.” As a batsman’s view of extremely hostile fast bowling, the old line of England’s Maurice Leyland has remained hard to improve on. This was England’s task at the Waca today, to give ground where necessary without giving way, in the face of three fast bowlers in the pink of form. Specifically it was Mark Stoneman’s task about 20 minutes after lunch, when he faced Josh Hazlewood’s 12th over. If Stoneman was rattled by Hazlewood’s bouncer, he did not show it EPAFor years, the Waca’s residual reputation…

Source: The Times December 14, 2017 12:11 UTC