They haven’t held the Ashes since 2009; they lost in the group stages of the Champions Trophy; and they lost the first test in agonising circumstances when Marais Erasmus finally got a DRS decision right. Now the Aussies, or rather an Australian, has lost the world record for the longest cricket net in history. Yesterday at the Oval, Alby Shale batted continuously for a massive 26 hours. That’s probably longer than Ed Cowan has batted for in his entire career (if you add all his innings...