The Gabba has never been an easy place for opposing countries to come to and win. England hasn’t won there since 1986, with a draw in 2010 their only match that has saved a whitewash since then. But if ever they were a chance, surely it had to be this year. Neither team had been firing or had much cricket, but Australia had lost their captain and keeper, two of their strike bowlers were struggling, England’s bowling looked in good shape, and Shane Warner was doing most of the heavy lifting for them in the media by bagging every decision made in the Australian camp. So just how did it go so wrong for England? It wasn’t as if they didn’t have their chances in the match, but once again in Australia they appeared incapable of seizing the moment. On today’s episode, we’ll have a look at a few of those moments, and wonder whether there exists any ‘sliding doors’ moments for England, or whether it didn’t matter what card they’d played Australia would always have had a better hand. All that on the one podcast that isn’t afraid to speculate on how big an ego you have to have if you can’t just shut your mouth once in a while, on The Casual Mankadder, right here on Thoughts from the Metal Cavern.