But they can draw extra encouragement from their respective, unbeaten innings of 67 and 49 – Buttler's a much-needed return to form after his run of miserable scores in all formats, and being dropped as Test wicketkeeper for the final match of the series defeat against Pakistan here.
Those questions seem to have occurred to a team of Italian carabinieri who showed up to help out DynCorp, which had the training contract: Before the Italians showed up at the end of January for a one-year tour, the recruits were posting miserable scores on the firing range.
If KP does go you couldn't include Monty because the tail enders are needed to cover his miserable scores.
According to a Gallup poll released today, the United States has shown almost no improvement in well-being in the past five years, increasing slightly from 2011 when Americans reported the most miserable scores since the survey began.
I reported last week on the first half in Morelia in which Peter Leko's determined and ever sensible play gave him a deserved lead on 5/7 ahead of Levon Aronian 4.5 and Peter Svidler 4. Meanwhile, the World Champion Veselin Topalov had had a miserable time scoring just 2.5/7.
And Jordan Sinnott completed the Shots' miserable afternoon, scoring after good work from Ginnelly.
These are the miserable first-innings scores from which Australia have recovered during the 2013-14 Aserieseries to reach totals to win them the Test.
