Former England captain Michael Vaughan gave a brutal response to yesterday’s display at the Gabba with some home truths for the Three Lions.
“England continue to play this aggressive, flamboyant style which is entertaining – it’s enjoyable at times – but against quality it’s all becoming a bit too predictable,” Vaughan said on BBC Test Match Special.
“Bowl outside off stump to Ollie Pope, you know he’s going to drive it, he gets away with a couple and then he knocks one back to Neser.
“Zak Crawley has probably wasted two innings of great form – he’s played beautifully this week, he’s got a 76 and a 44.
“If I was Zak I would’ve wanted to put a huge deposit in the bank because he played so well with his head position, with his hands, but then he played a loose shot.”
Australia are without captain Pat Cummins and fellow seam bowler Josh Hazelwood, while Nathan Lyon was also dropped for the second test.
“Let’s just mention this Australian team have got over thousand wickets not playing,” Vaughan said.
“This is their second string.”