Poms hit us for six

Following my post yesterday on the dark portents for the forthcoming Ashes series, The Economist has published a series of charts mocking Australia’s obvious sporting decline versus the old enemy.

In cricket:

In tennis:

In rugby:

And a narrowing gap in rugby league:

And the Olympics:

And, dare I say, with each passing quarter our economic growth converges as well. After a complete dominant performance post-GFC, Australia is back at 0.6% quarterly growth. The UK has risen to half that in the most recent accounts but is on the charge as we fade:

OMG!