if I was an england fan I would have found it gripping. I'm not really a national of any test playing nation but seriously, were scotland to win a world cup "boringly" defeating every nation 1-0 with a solid defensive style like greece in the euros you would not hear me complaining. I would be drunk and and going wild.
quality of the cricket was higher than the 09 ashes imo, some of the players were at the top of their game and played brilliantly, but the matches were not particularly exciting as a neutral, I think all of them were foregone conclusions by at least the 3rd day, and most were over in the 1st and 2nd. Bangladesh have put up more fight than the aussies did in this series. It actually beggars belief they won a test in retrospect, weirdly even that was a one sided affair.