Melbourne, Dec. 9 -- Former Australian captain Mark Taylor feels that the main problem in the first two Ashes Tests for England's batters is not the batters themselves, but rather how "mixed" the messaging is within the group, and urged the team to follow skipper Ben Stokes' actions as a batter rather than his messaging to go all out against an Aussie bowling line-up which is ageing and had been depleted of Josh Hazlewood and skipper Pat Cummins for the first two Tests.

England's attacking 'Bazball' approach as a batting unit did not pay them any dividends in the first two Ashes Tests. At the same time, they faced a helpless, two-day loss at Perth, courtesy of a Travis Head form; none of their batters, except centurion Joe Root, Zak Craw...