London, Jan. 8 -- Following England's 4-1 Ashes series loss to Australia, former Three Lions batter Kevin Pietersen came hard at the current batch of cricketers, saying that apart from players like skipper Ben Stokes, Joe Root, Jofra Archer, all-rounder Jacob Bethell and Harry Brook "with a brain", the team does not look good enough to compete against top Test teams like Australia and India.

England's 'Bazball' hype was dead and buried by a solid Australia unit without their frontline pacers Josh Hazlewood (entire series) and skipper Pat Cummins (except Adelaide Test), batters Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne battling inconsistent form and left-hander Jake Weatherald making his Test debut.

Even while Australia was confronting plenty of...