Durham and England bowler Matthew Potts keen to learn from horror showing in Sydney Ashes Test

Matthew Potts averages 48 with the ball in his three Tests away from home There were various lows during England's terrible Ashes tour of Australia, many of which have been pored over endlessly in recent months. Few, though, were as brutal as the horror show Matthew Potts suffered in Sydney. Taken apart by Travis Head, he conceded 141 runs in 25 wicketless overs. Had he conceded six more he would have returned the worst figures by an England seamer in Tests. "There's a little period of reflection where you sum up your day's work and look back at it," Potts says, speaking almost three months on. "I just had three words: 'That was bad'." Cheek injury delays Stokes' return until May Potts' first three overs cost 25 runs, while he ended day two with figures of 0-58 from seven. When he was first brought into the attack on day three, Head pounced immediately, flogging boundaries from each of the Durham seamer's first three balls. Potts conceded 100 runs after 15.1 overs. He was not used at all by captain Ben Stokes in the second innings as Australia chased 160 for a five-wicket win. "Sometimes you have to roll with the punches," he says. "I got dealt a few punches and I didn't throw too