Ashes 2023: "Is It All About Entertainment Or Is It About Winning..." - Michael Vaughan Questions England's Tactics

England will require a herculean effort if the side wants to beat Australia as defending 174 runs won’t be easy with Australia having 7 wickets in hand. Michael Vaughan wants England to play fearless cricket. Michael Vaughan stated that the approach of Ben Stokes was quite an old-school type.

Australia would be banking on Usman Khawaja to bail out the team. There are chances that rain might play the spoilsport as Aussies would be aiming for quick runs in the morning session.

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England skipper Ben Stokes would be tested as Australia won’t make any unnecessary mistakes. Stokes needs to use the veteran pacer James Anderson smartly as his experience would be invaluable in crunch moments of the match

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Ben Stokes played a bit of old-school Test cricket – Michael Vaughan

Michael Vaughan was having an interaction with Cricbuzz and was quite astonished to see Ben Stokes playing old-school Test cricket during England’s 2nd innings.

Michael Vaughan pointed out that he adores watching expansive cricket: “There was an element though where the skipper Ben Stokes who is the Bazballer, he went out and played a bit of the old school Test match cricket because he knew when he went out to bat the game was on a knife edge and he had to just play a little bit of the conventional way,”

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“That’s what I want to see – I love what they’re trying to do, I absolutely adore watching expansive cricket but I also want to see every now and again when they’ve got the opposition by the neck, just play a little bit conventional and don’t allow the opposition back into the game,” he maintained.

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Forget all the entertainment win the game of cricket and go 1-0 up in the Ashes- Michael Vaughan

Michael Vaughan stated that England needs to place the fielders deep when the likes of Moeen Ali & Joe Root would roll their arms. Michael Vaughan pointed out that England should emphasize on the win rather than entertainment.

“Intrigued with Ben (Stokes) and his captaincy on the last day. Saw a little bit tonight where he goes on the squeeze, runs are going to be such a premium that you can’t just allow boundaries to happen,” he asserted.

“When the spinner comes on, Moen Ali, Joe Root, Moen’s finger is clearly sore so it’s not going to be easy for Moen but when the spinner comes on, I can’t see having all the fielders up as the right option. You’ve got to go in-out, got to give a little bit of protection,” he stated.

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“It is about entertainment but I am intrigued on Day 5 – Is it all about entertainment or is it about winning. My belief is tomorrow forget all the entertainment, forget all the funky fields if you don’t need them, win the game of cricket and go 1-0 up in the Ashes,” he added.

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