and after a man who has led them for ten years left northampton saints, captain dylan hartley has hisoutside. frustrating, because i see how hard people work, and it is personal. the ashes are lost for england's cricketers, but there are still two more tests to play. next up, melbourne and the boxing day test. james anderson says england failed at the key moments against australia. england's record wicket—taker has been speaking on the radio 5live podcast tailenders — which is available now to download. in those key moments that test matches sort of pivot on, we've been way off the mark. dave dealt with those moments better. the pressurised situations, we've just not been at the races, really. in a big series like this, that's what you need. the frustration is we know we are a good enough team. player for player, we know we've got enough to compete with australia, but those pressurised situations, those key moments... when we were 370—4, to only get 400 from there was a massive failure on our part, and you can't win a series if you perform like that. one positive in the england camp i

let's stay with rugby, northampton saints captain dylan hartley says the club's been in shock this weekugbyjim mallinder, the man who'd led the team since 2007. saints have lost their last five matches in all competitions — they've also lost all their games in this season's european champions cup — but speaking to james burridge, hartley says his team have come in for unfair criticism this season, and believes they can still turn things around. it's a shock. you turn up on a monday morning meeting, and that happens, but unfortunately it's pretty ruthless. the game to prepare for at the weekend, and the games come thick and fast. you move from european to premiership rugby, and there is not time to sit. many had knownjim for a long time. maybe ten years. it's difficult when there's families and livelihoods involved. it is not ideal. the other way i look at it, this is professional sport, and we've got to appreciate it's pretty cut—throat. it's easy for outside people to point the finger. people who don't know. people who aren't sat in the room. it's easy to fire shots from the outside. d