 The England bowlers received great praise for their sterling efforts, but the hero was a "35-year-old flip-bowler, Jack Iverson, who, until he had played in the Brisbane Test, had never seen a Test played" Brown sent a telegram to Lord's requesting two new bowlers to replace Bailey and Wright and the fast-medium seamer Brian Statham and off-spinner Roy Tattersall of Lancashire were flown out.Unfortunately, he did not ask for a fresh batsman as the England batting could well have used the presence of Bill Edrich.As it was he went to Adelaide with too many bowlers that he couldn't use and few batsmen he could trust.