 The Sydney Morning Herald was less charitable towards England's performances to date, with Patrick Smith claiming that ""Wisden" should count England wickets as just a half", and deploring Atherton's lack of aggression in the field.He also derided Gooch, Gatting and Hick, and picked out the way that the visitors' batsmen got themselves out so readily.After his performance in the first two tests, Shane Warne's future was the subject of considerable speculation in the media.