Almost everyone thought that Australia were on their way to win the Ashes series 5-0 after winning the first three Tests and leading the 3-0. However, the chances of that happening are very, very dim after Alastair Cook decided to wake up from the slumber and throw mud on Australian dreams.

Cook’s unbeaten 244 allowed England to post a lead of 164. The Three Lions are currently at 491 for 9  with two more days to go. And Darren Lehmann now believes that 5-0 is a dream that can’t be realized in this Ashes.

“We’re a 164 runs behind, we’ll have to get 450 in a day. How do you want us to do that? Slog?

“We’ve got to worry about getting past them first and batting well. That’s the first challenge and a different challenge for the group, which is great.”

Lehmann, whose contract ends next year, hopes that tomorrow—day 4—will be a good for the Kangaroos as they will be looking to bat the whole day and avoid a loss.

“We’ll hopefully bat through the day and re-assess after tomorrow, that’s all we can do. England scored reasonably quickly, but you’d think we’re not going to score as quickly as that.”

The former Deccan Chargers coach then admitted that he didn’t think too far about whistewashing the Three Lions and had his focus on the game in hand.

“We certainly didn’t go into the game looking that far ahead (at a whitewash). You only concentrate on this game.”

The loss of Mitchell Starc to injury also aided in England’s conquest in the 4^th Test. The left-handed pacer had to sit out of the 4^th Test, which paved the way for Jackson Bird. However, the latter didn’t have the best of games as he faced brutal mockery from the Barmy Army for his 30 wicketless overs.  

However, Darren Lehmann was supportive of the pacer, saying: “I thought he bowled good spells at times but was a bit wayward at other times.

“That’s the pressure when you’re coming back into the game and you’re trying to get wickets. On other occasions he was very good.”