Former England captain Michael Vaughan has questioned England for their aggressive batting approach and field setting on Day 2 of the third Test against Sri Lanka. The veteran compared England’s approach to ‘school cricket.’ England ended Day 1 at 221-3 but were bundled out for 325 as the batters played too many attacking shots as well.

Speaking on the ‘Test Match Special’ podcast, Vaughan said, “It just felt like the end of term. With the bat in hand, they were very expansive. Would they bat like that against India and Australia? They wouldn’t. They came out and set the field with lots of slips and didn’t have a fine leg. It was like when you played school cricket and played a school you knew you were better than. England haven’t had many bad days this summer. I still expect them to get over the line.”

England reduced Sri Lanka to 93-5 at one stage but the tourists ended up reaching 211-5 by the end of the day. Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva have added 118 rund. Michael Vaughan also warned England, saying complacency could hurt them. He also suggested that England prepare to take on India and Australia next year.

“England delight me a lot in the way they play. I like that they do things completely differently. But I sometimes watch and think, ‘Be careful because this game has a way of biting you.’ Don’t take the mickey out of the game. Be very, very careful. There are cricketing gods up there and in a year’s time, there are tougher challenges,” Vaughan said on the same podcast. “I would ask England, ‘Were you on it all day like you would be against India and Australia?’ If they look themselves in the mirror and say they were, I would say they are lying. They weren’t on it today.”