Former Australian coach Tim Nielsen fends it away with a laugh and insists the real takeaway is buried in broad daylight.

“Yeah, heard that, I don’t necessarily listen to much media these days,” he said when asked about Stuart Broad’s comparison of the current and 2010-11 Australian sides.

Broad lit a pre-Ashes fire when he pointed out the instability in Australia’s top order and questioned the bowling depth without star skipper Pat Cummins.

He said it was “fact” that the current team was the worst since the one that lost 3-1 to England in 2010-11.

But, according to Nielsen, the most notable comparison between the two squads now and those 15 years ago is the monumental disparity between the quality of spinners.

Graeme Swann was a headache for the Aussies, who were contrastingly strugg

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