Australia v England Third Test, Day Five Report Card

Featuring drummers, hamstrings and winning the Ashes

Drummers
Grade: B+

It is often said that the wicketkeeper is ‘the drummer in the band’. Mostly by wicketkeepers themselves, to be fair.

This does not necessarily mean that they are brutish, wild-eyed Muppets inclined to smash everything they see while crudely shouting their own names, a la Animal of Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. Nor does it suggest tha…