I'd have do some more research but I'd re-iterate the same thing. In the last decade or two, we had Zaheer who was phenomenal on flat wickets but that was about it - the rest, who always grew up on similar wickets, were useless in conditions which favoured them and those which didn't.
England's biggest issue is persisting with guys who aren't very good at test cricket - a middle order of Stokes, Bairstow, Ali and Buttler, all of whom average in the mid 30s is lacking. Although, in this current climate, there aren't many great middle order players in world cricket (5-7) similar to years where Laxman, Clarke, Collingwood, Martyn, Gilchrist excelled in the late game.
