Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden said that the Australian team can learn from England’s aggressive approach and implement it in theirs as well. Despite a victory in the first Ashes Test, Hayden added that a few Australian players must be proactive as well. Australia won by two wickets at Edgbaston, courtesy of an unbroken 55-run stand between Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon as well.

Speaking on SENQ Breakfast, Hayden said: “They will only know one way to play now. Stokes really said it in his press conference as well. ‘Look, we didn’t get that result but that’s not going to stop the way that we want to go about our business.’ In fact, I reckon Australian cricket can learn a bit from it. Even when I think back to Usman’s second innings – and this is being incredibly critical – but there was a time where he really needed to have a bit of BazBall himself and be inspired by it.”

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The veteran also observed how Cameron Green has an attacking approach to his batting as well. However, Hayden also added that David Warner and Alex Carey looked promising at Edgbaston, but he wanted Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith to leave their over defensive approach.

He added: “He was really in a situation where he was locking down the run rate and occupying the crease and then you’ve got a young Cameron Green who was doing the same, trying to find his tempo in Test cricket. I know and we’ve seen through his T20 performances that he can be an absolute rockstar in terms of the way that he plays.”

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“Some of the senior players – Davey Warner a big tick, just his attitude, the way that he was in to the ball, good body language. Alex Carey had a fantastic game, Marnus Labuschagne at the moment does look like he’s really caught on the crease so he’s going to have some work to do on that BazBall mentality. I think ‘Smudgey’ Smith is also a bit the same. He was fantastic through certain periods of the World Test Championship, but those two key players for us can get a little defensive,” Matthew Hayden concluded.