Paul Collingwood has launched a passionate defence of England 's battered Ashes tourists, insisting players and management deserve medals - not criticism - for travelling Down Under in the first place.
The former Ashes winner, currently coaching the T20 squad, says a gruelling international schedule, hellish Covid quarantine and little or no preparation left Joe Root’s men "sitting ducks".
And he maintained that he witnessed on more than one occasion normally stable cricketers in the England camp pushed close to the edge on a tour that was "one step too far".
