London, Dec. 11 -- Former England cricketer Michael Atherton slammed head coach Brendon McCullum for his "overprepared" remark following England's loss in the second Test at Brisbane, saying that it will "wind up fans because they see England team as one that is not practicing as much as they should"

England's 'Bazball' gamble continued to fail, as after a Travis Head storm condemened to a two-day loss at Perth, a shambolic fielding effort and second innings with the bat set Aussies another easy run-chase of 69 runs, which they pulled off without breaking a sweat to take a 2-0 lead in the series after the pink-ball Test at Brisbane and make the next Test at Adelaide from December 17 a must win one for England.

While England's mainstays ...