Sir Geoffrey Boycott has claimed it’s ‘unimaginable’ to take Ben Stokes’ England staff severely following their collapse within the first Ashes Check, accusing them of doing the ‘similar silly issues’.
The legendary England batsman took goal on the staff after their eight wicket defeat by Australia in Perth, with the Check concluding after simply two days.
England had appeared in pole place at 59-1 at lunch on the second day, holding a lead of 99 runs and nonetheless having 9 wickets nonetheless in hand.
Stokes’ facet then endured a dismal collapse to droop to 164 all out, giving Australia a goal of 205 to win the sequence opener.
Travis Head impressed Australia to the overall by scoring 123, with the hosts successful by eight wickets.
At one stage, England had misplaced 5 wickets for 23 runs after a succession of unfastened drives.
Sir Geoffrey Boycott has claimed he cannot take Ben Stokes’ England facet severely
The legendary batsman accused Stokes’ staff of doing ‘silly issues’ whereas batting
Joe Root was dismissed with what Boycott labelled an ‘extravagant drive’ as England collapsed
Boycott, who was one among England’s most profitable opening batsmen, insisting their ‘brainless batting’ was an indication that Stokes’ staff have did not be taught from their earlier errors.
Writing within the Telegraph, Boycott mentioned: ‘Earlier than this sequence began Ben Stokes instructed the world that any ex-player who criticised them or had a unique opinion have been “has-beens” as a result of Check cricket had modified and the previous was irrelevant.
‘Effectively, from this has been the message is easy: once you maintain throwing away Check matches by doing the identical silly issues it’s unimaginable to take you severely.
‘They by no means be taught, as a result of they by no means take heed to anybody exterior their very own bubble, as a result of they really consider their very own publicity.
‘Now it has bitten them in an Ashes Check, the most important problem of all and until they mount a spectacular comeback, they may remorse it for a really very long time.’
Forward of the Ashes, Boycott had warned Joe Root that England had failed to make use of ‘frequent sense’ when enjoying their aggressive ‘Bazball’ model, and insisted they wanted to journey intervals when Australia have been on high and keep away from shedding wickets.
Following the primary Check, Boycott claimed Root ‘could not resist an extravagant drive’ and took goal at Harry Brook’s dismissal after three balls.
Boycott, who scored 151 top notch lots of and was famed for lengthy stints on the crease, claimed that Australia solely must dangle bait as England’s batsmen ‘cannot resist’ biting.
Harry Brook was out for a duck as England slipped from 99-1 to 164 all out within the second innings
Talking after the primary Check, England captain Stokes mentioned it was essential his gamers really feel the harm of the defeat, however supplied a defence of their proactive method.
‘You possibly can label it the way you need once you’ve bought the result,’ Stokes mentioned. ‘The batsmen who discovered success have been ones who didn’t let go any scoring alternatives that got here their means.
‘You continue to have to search out methods of scoring runs on flat wickets, methods of scoring runs on wickets that supply tons for the bowlers.
‘The best way 19 wickets fell on day one, we have been extra proactive with our method. It will have been good to have an even bigger lead going into the ultimate innings, however we have been very assured we may win the sport however that wasn’t the case.’
England had solely been in a position to bat for a mixed 67.3 overs within the first two-day Ashes Check since 1921.
Earlier this winter, the 3-0 defeat to New Zealand was all the way down to the one-day staff being dismissed in 35.2, 36 and 40.1 overs.
