whimper

After a decent start, Bangladesh's innings fell apart with a whimper as their batters could not adapt against the nagging accuracy of New Zealand's bowling attack, particularly Bracewell's off-spin.

But that dry spell looks set to end — and not with a whimper.

Fast forward to four games of one-sided cricket later and England have conceded the Ashes at the earliest possible opportunity - going down with a whimper.

Like Smith's cases against Trump, his time at the Department of Justice ended with a whimper.

He began with a bang and ended with a whimper.