It staggers me that England do not have a full-time spin-bowling coach. It is scandalous when you think how desperate England are to unearth a spinner that they do not have a specialist coach for that area but do have them for batting, fielding and fast bowling. They also have an analyst on tour.

During this Test we have a 20-year-old leg-spinner in Mason Crane making his debut and he has nobody to help him out at the end of a session. It is remarkable. Saqlain Mushtaq is in the job on a part-time basis but he only works with the team for a set number of days per year. He went home after the Adelaide Test. England need a spin-bowling guru around them all the time and it cannot just be someone who works well with Moeen Ali. They have to appoint the best spin-bowling coach, not just one for off-spin. If it is Saqlain, then great, but he has to work with Dom Bess, Crane and Jack Leach. He has to adapt to all types of spin.

No variation: Moeen Ali. Credit:RICK RYCROFT

You can see how much the spin-bowling coach is missed in this match. Moeen is bowling the same ball every time and hoping for a different outcome. He lands his feet in the same place and bowls from the same angle. The cluster of his release points varies by only about three or four inches. He has not tried one ball from wide of the crease. He has not changed the angle of his run-up or bowled one ball over the wicket. He has not tried a round-armed slinger.

As soon as Joe Root came into the attack he bowled wider of the crease with more pace from a round arm. It gave him a different angle into the stumps so if he caught the rough he beat the outside edge. If not then the batsman still had to play at every ball.