The England bowlers strained for the coup de grace.
Not only does the Pommie milksops narrative devalue the skills of Australia's bowlers.
At the end of the day we're still in April, and I would expect seam bowlers at this time of year to have some success.
England's top three bowlers, Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann, took 70 wickets between them, each at under 30 runs apiece, while their Australian equivalents managed 52.
Unless this pitch starts to misbehave, which seems unlikely, this is going to be another tough day for bowlers.
The first of the scheduled days had been confined to a watery grave, so the pitch had been hiding beneath covers, a boon to pace bowlers who found enough movement, and good carry, to trouble all the batsmen before lunch, and into the afternoon when the sun came out.
This was a chance to begin to find the rhythm that all bowlers, fast or slow, need.
"To know that the plans we came up with were successful because we implemented them, and the way we wanted to bowl to each particular batsman from one to 11 and the way the bowlers went about it, was exceptional.
A greater emphasis on players taking full responsibility for their own games will also be high on an agenda: the reliance on coaches who for their part see it as their role not to spoon-feed but to help batsmen and bowlers think for themselves, is too great.
"It is probably not possible with our bowlers, but ideally that would be great," he said.
He hit so ferociously that the BBC's highlights could not keep up; but it was as well tactically that he did - including off Lawson's two accidental beamers - because the runs plundered that evening would not have been half so readily available next morning, against fresh bowlers and a new ball.
