Andrew Flintoff and Geraint Jones are not making enough runs and I don't see how England are going to get 20 wickets Geoffrey Boycott

England were bowled out for 129 on the last day in Adelaide to lose the match by six wickets and go 2-0 down in the series with three matches to go.

"I personally don't think they can pick themselves up," said Boycott, who is commentating for Test Match Special.

"Australia are cock-a-hoop, they are in good form and are confident. There's a danger they will bury England."

Boycott says England are being let down by both their batting and bowling.

"The batsmen are making too many mistakes," said the former England opener, who hit 22 Test centuries.

"You can't keep depending on Paul Collingwood, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell. Andrew Flintoff and Geraint Jones are not making enough runs.

I've been involved when we've thrown games away before but not at this level. I think it's ridiculous Andy Caddick

"And I don't see how England are going to get 20 wickets."

Boycott said he was fed up hearing how England might bounce back when all evidence pointed to the contrary.

"I think the England squad is a pretty decent set of lads, but stop talking a good game and start performing a good game," he said.

"It is as simple as that. Don't tell us you will come back, just do it. But at the moment I don't think they are capable of it."

Andy Caddick, the hero the last time England won a Test in Australia, was equally scathing of England's performance in Adelaide.

"It's bewildering. I just don't know what's going on," said the long-serving Somerset paceman, who starred in the win in Sydney in January 2003.

"I've been involved when we've thrown games away before but not at this level. I think it's ridiculous.

"They need to sit down and have a good look at themselves and realise they are playing the best side in the world.

Is Monty Panesar here or has he gone home? Ian Botham

"They may have thought they had beaten the best side in the world but now the best side in the world is coming to the forefront.

"It just goes to show you cannot let up. You cannot give the Australians an inch. Unfortunately England gave them a mile."

Ian Botham said it was perplexing that spinner Monty Panesar continued to be ignored by England.

"I am asking questions. A lot of people are asking questions. Is Monty here or has he gone home?" said England's greatest all-rounder.

"I am totally confused. I was confused at the start of the series and I am even more confused now."

Panesar's county coach, David Capel, was also furious the spinner was denied a chance in the second Test.

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Panesar took 32 wickets in his first 10 Tests, with two five-wicket hauls, but England opted for Ashley Giles, who has figures of 3-262 in this year's series.

"I feel the British public are being cheated," said Northants chief Capel.

"There is amazement, not only on the English side but from the Australian point of view. They can't understand why we're not playing a wicket-taker."

Former England captain Nasser Hussain believes coach Duncan Fletcher will face the biggest test of his regime in the build-up to the third Test at Perth.

"He will come under immense pressure in the next week or so," said Hussain, who worked closely with Fletcher during his time as captain.

"His selections have let him down and let England down, in Ashley Giles and Geraint Jones. There have been no runs and no wickets and Giles dropped a crucial catch.