-_-Moltres-_- Posted June 21, 2023 Posted June 21, 2023 Pat Cummins had barely hit the winning runs in the first Test of this year’s Ashes series before the debate over the clash of styles between England and Australia fired up. At Edgbaston, the more traditional approach to five-day, red-ball cricket from the tourists narrowly triumphed over the aggressive and entertaining 'Bazball' approach employed by the hosts.Ben Stokes' bold decision to declare at the end of the first day, his inventiveness in setting fields on a pitch offering little for the bowlers and England's aggressive approach with the bat underlined their intent to carry on with the approach which has served them well in the past year.But it was his opposite number Cummins who was celebrating at the end of day five, with all questions about his defensive approach in the field and decisions to leave Mitchell Starc out of the team forgotten about as Australia took a 1-0 series lead with a two-wicket win. Afterwards, Sky Sports' pundits gave their views on the different approach from England and Australia, and what it means for the rest of the series."This is a long and hard game. Australia's method has stood up and it has worked. "I want this series to be played the same way and I know Ben and Brendon [McCullum, England head coach] will play the same way, which adds even more to next week." Nasser Hussain: Australia showed why they are World Test Champions "You can't hide behind that [wanting to entertain], and I can almost read Ricky Ponting's mind because he's a winner. England lost [the final Test] in New Zealand as well, if you remember. "I know they've had Ireland in between, but now they've lost here and there are two games of cricket they could have won, should have won. https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/12906497/the-ashes-2023-sky-sports-cricket-panel-debate-australia-and-englands-clash-of-styles-after-tourists-win-edgbaston-classic
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