Former Australian captain Shane Warne has chastised England for pulling both of their senior pacers from the first Ashes Test in Brisbane. Shane Warne believes England should have fielded at least one of James Anderson or Stuart Broad because to the favorable conditions.
On a dreary morning in Brisbane, England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat first. The tourists’ choice to rest both of their top wicket-takers, on the other hand, drew a lot of criticism. Instead, Ollie Robinson, Chris Woakes, and Mark Wood made up England’s pace-bowling combination.
Shane Warne told Fox Cricket that England had an opportunity to put pressure on Australia on the green surface because James Anderson and Stuart Broad would have been threatening.
“It’s huge. It’s one of those things, you would have thought the think tank of the England squad would have been, ‘Let’s hit Australia first up’. It looks overcast at the Gabba, the pitch looks green, Anderson and Broad together, strike while the iron’s hot. Broad’s had the wood on Warner so if I was going to rest them and keep them for as many Test matches as you can, play them in the first couple.” he said
James Anderson
With an eye on the pink-ball Test, England’s 12-man team for the first Test has already seen James Anderson’s name on the bench. Broad, on the other hand, was still in the running to play in Brisbane before the tourists dropped a bombshell.
Warne also claimed that the illustrious pace-bowling duo should have alternated between Brisbane and Adelaide. The Victorian believes England needed to put pressure on Australia after losing against India earlier this year at the same location.
“I would have thought play the Gabba, play at Adelaide and then if you have to mix and match a bit and rest and rotate, then so be it. Australia lost a Test at the Gabba last summer (against India) for the first time in over 30 years, I would have been hitting them right between the eyes with Anderson and Broad but unfortunately they (England) have decided to rest them.” he said
England were unable to capitalize on Root’s key toss victory. Mitchell Starc dismissed Rory Burns for a duck with the first ball of the Test. Ben Stokes and Dawid Malan both fell for single-digit scores, putting the tourists four down in the first session.
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