Ashes 2013: England have got Shane Watson in a position where he now expects to fail every time he bats The opposite seems to have happened. Watson, a hugely talented batsman, who habitually destroys bowling attacks in the shorter form of the game, wears a haunted look when he faces Anderson. He still unfurls a few meaty drives, but there is a lack of permanence about him, as you might expect from a man who has been out 27 times (in 79 innings) between 20 and 49 and consequently averages 35 in Test cricket. He bats as if he expects the unplayable ball or the umpire's raised finger at any time. His self-belief appears to have a finite time span. A sensitive soul, what was also playing on Watson's mind was the previous misuse of the DRS. It has caused quite a furore around the team, with him rather unfairly portrayed as the main culprit. The Australian media are unforgiving and David Warner's brother accused him on Twitter of being selfish for using up a review when he was palpably out. In fact his employment of the review is more a case of him being in denial, unable to accept that he had missed another straight ball having done the initial due diligence and got into the thirties. Anderson, a forensic examiner of technique in the way that McGrath was, is not a man to face when your focus is corrupted. Such is his control he was bowling to an extraordinary field - no one at long leg or deep square, a man at deep midwicket, a wide mid-on and a catcher standing almost in front of the non-striker. Everyone else was on the off side. His intentions were clear. He was going to keep the ball pitched up on off stump and look for a little bit of movement either way. The prospect of a ball nipping back down the slope and rapping Watson on the pad was as inevitable as exorbitant boutiques in St Johns Wood High Street. When the moment came, there was a time lapse before Marais Erasmus gave him out almost as if he did not have the heart to do it. Would Watson review it? Though there was a remote possibility that the ball had hit the bat first, Watson knew he could not afford to waste another one, so, with an expression of weary resignation, went on his way. Watson encapsulates Australia's problem. They have talent. But, against a superior team in conditions made to suit them, they ultimately expect to fail. And once that feeling percolates the subconscious you are dead.