Landing an early blow is crucial, so Peter Hayter looks at a number inflicted by the Aussies at Brisbane over recent years

This time next week we will have a fair idea as to whether England have once again fallen under the curse of the ‘Gabbattoir’. For the sake of Joe Root’s chances of his team returning from Australia with anything other than another catalogue of broken dreams, bruised pride and battered reputations, they had better hope not.
As any fool knows, England have not won a Test match in the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba in the 31 years si...