Jake Weatherald paused for a moment as England celebrated his lbw, then made the “T” sign for a review.

Six weeks back on debut, Weatherald had chosen not to review an lbw decision when the ball turned out to be pitching outside leg stump. This time he did query the decision, only to finish with the same glum walk back to the dressing room.

Jake Weatherald hits the deck on Monday in Sydney.Credit: Getty Images

In between those two lbw calls, Weatherald has at times looked the part and at others out of place. His best contributions came in the second innings in Perth and the first in Brisbane, combining nicely with Travis Head for a pair of stands that played a big part in getting Australia to a 2-0 lead they would not relinquish.

But at the same time, Weatherald has shown himself to be consistently vulnerable to full deliveries moving back into him, either swinging down the line from over the wicket, like Jofra Archer’s ball to him in Perth, or angled back from around the stumps, as per Ben Stokes here.

Those kinds of dismissals are not ideal for an opener, given the likelihood of the full ball to move around when it is new. And England, for all their inconsistencies on this tour, have managed to hammer away at Weatherald along those lines. Inducing mistakes and preventing him from making the sorts of score that would make his place safe for Australia’s next Test matches in August........

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