India, Nov. 24 -- No one could have believed that England would lose the opening Ashes Test against Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth after taking a lead of 40 runs on a spicy track. However, this is exactly what happened, as a collapse of epic proportions was followed by Travis Head's mind-blowing century off 69 balls, enabling Australia to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. While all the chatter has been about Head and how he annihilated England, one mustn't forget that England went from 65/1 to 88/6 in a matter of a few minutes to hand the advantage to the hosts.

Ollie Pope, Harry Brook and Joe Root all were dismissed within a span of a few balls, and all of them came in identical fashion, chasing deliveries bowled well o...