Adelaide, Dec. 11 -- The former England cricketer Michael Atherton defended the Ben Stokes-led team for their trip to Noosa in Queensland despite being 2-0 in the ongoing Ashes series. Atherton said the England team can't be expected to hide away, as per Sky Sports.

England have been well beaten in the opening two Ashes Tests and now head into a must-win match in Adelaide, starting Wednesday, December 17.

Before heading to Adelaide, the team and support staff took a pre-scheduled trip to Noosa in on Tuesday afternoon--a break arranged prior to the series, with no cricket training planned--before flying out to Adelaide on Saturday.

England are then scheduled to train on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday before the third Test begins on Wednesda...