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England should revise their batting order for third Test
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England's bowlers lack leadership
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Should non-County keepers be in the England setup?
Stick to Cricket is a captivating new show featuring renowned England Cricket legends Michael Vaughan, Sir Alastair Cook, David 'Bumble' Lloyd and Phil 'Tuffers' Tufnell.
This week ex-Australian wicket-keeper Ian Healy join Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Australian journalist Robert Craddock to review the second Ashes Test and look ahead to Third Ashes Test in Adelaide.
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Has Ollie Pope run his race?
Speaking on Stick to Cricket this week, Michael Vaughan thinks so as he discusses the number three position for England:
"I think there's a problem at number three- Ollie Pope has run his race. He's never got a 50 against Australia. You can't just keep throwing him out at number three.
"They've got options - they can bring in Jacob Bethell... but he's never got a first-class hundred. So, do you want to throw him in against Starc and Cummins? Does it have to be a specialist number three?
"This is where I'm going to go to: I have said for a while I think Ben Stokes should bat at number three. I think he's a great technician, he's got that fight. And when I heard him say tonight, 'I don't want any weak men within my team'... Go and bat three. Go and be the leader at three. He plays pace great.
"Nathan Lyon will be in the team and Stokes has had a problem against him in the past; if he comes in at six, he's probably going to face Nathan straight away. Then you could play Will Jacks at six... And they surely have to bring in Shoaib Bashir. They've built Shoaib for three years to play in Australia... surely, he plays at the Adelaide Oval.
"I actually think for the first two games England got selection right. I think they got it right in Perth, and they got it right in Brisbane. They've just not played well enough. So, I trust that they will get selection right; they've just got to play a better style of cricket."
England's bowlers lack leadership
Phil Tufnell discusses England's bowlers after another disappointing performance from the attack in the second Test.
Tufnell says: "The thing about the seam bowlers - I know we're all having a go at the batters - but you look at Gus Atkinson, he bowls his ball and walks back. You look at Jofra, who sometimes can be a little bit quiet.
"Also, there is a little bit of a lack of leadership. Broad and Anderson had that leadership. They didn't have to keep going at Stokes - it's almost like, 'Daddy, what do we do now?' Sometimes as a captain, you need a leader of your pack. And who is the leader of that?"
Ian Healy: "Many are to blame for England's poor itinerary"
Speaking on Stick to Cricket, ex-Australian wicket-keeper Ian Healy shared his thoughts about this England team:
"England took on a hundred years of convention: hard work, a lot of training, match play, and getting ready for the First Test in the conditions you've just tested yourself on. And it's been a spectacular fail. You can't throw those things out of Test match play.
"Now they're sort of saying, 'Well, we got knocked back from using the WACA,' but that should have been set up two years ago and finally confirmed one year ago that this is our itinerary. There are so many people responsible for this extremely poor itinerary because now that we've just finished the Brisbane Test, they're ready to play the First Test. That's where you have to be.
"Anyone who's done that in Australia has had success. In 86/87, they went around our country for the first month getting beaten every week - but playing, and you learn a lot out of losses. Same in 2010/11, they had a month here before the First Test. I'd say this England team is probably just about ready to play the First Test now, and there's two gone.
"They're more ready now to be better than a brand new, fresh team that has never played an Ashes Test before. That is probably what I'm thinking. That's their responsibility. You've got to get this job done, otherwise we might never go back to you."
Should non-County keepers be in the England setup?
Moving on to wicket-keeper Jamie Smith, Healy discussed how lack of self-belief could be affecting England wicket-keeper Jamie Smith's performance:
"Now, I quite like the way Jamie catches the ball. I like the way that he contacts the ball, and it goes into his gloves very cleanly. I just feel he's not such a presence as he could be. He needs to be a bit more energetic in his activity here - he's the engine.
"And then getting to the other end: run. Run between overs. You might run down to Jofra who's going down to fine leg - 'Well done, mate.' He was very heavy on his legs and walking between overs. He's getting to his position at the same time as the bowler's ready. That bowler needs to turn around with the ball in his hand and see the cordon all set and ready to go.
"I noticed in the second innings he jogged more, and the slips were jogging, and there was just much better presence out there. But when you bring someone who's not a county keeper into the England setup, there's a whole lot of belief issues. He probably can't believe he's out there.
"He did really well at the start - I think his keeping was okay and his batting was averaging over 60. But now the batting's coming down. He's never really believed or known what to do with the gloves. And now he's copping batting pressure, and the fans can come down hard on you. That's what I've found... He smacks of someone who didn't train enough, didn't get enough work into him."