Too Harsh ?!?!

The Aussies appear to have taken most the defeat (sorry I should say the way they have been outplayed so far) rather sportingly. Of course there was the Ponting outburst and a couple of small things with Hayden at the start - but they have accepted the decisions that have gone against them most sportingly and have not hesitated in praising the English performances and admitting to their poor ones.

Similar is the case with the Aussie press. But on the latter front, they seem to have gone too far. Especially Peter English here in this article on Cricinfo:

"The first innings was a batting embarrassment expected from Zimbabwe or Bangladesh. Perhaps even those teams would be upset to have their efforts compared to this limp display. Folding for 218 in 49.1 overs, Australia followed-on for the first time since playing Pakistan in 1988, the year the country celebrated its bicentenary of European settlement, Brisbane hosted the World Expo, Shaun Tait cheered his fifth birthday, and England held the Ashes."

Really ?? Isn't that exaggerating a bit too much ?? I mean Bangladesh and Zimbabwe for God's sake !!