'Australia learned from mistakes... England didn't' - readers have their say
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After England's spectacular two-day defeat in the first Ashes Test, BBC Sport readers have been having their say in the comments section of our articles.
Mark W was keen to stress the difference between the styles of the two teams, writing: "Australia play to win, not entertain. It's about time the whole England set-up changed their mindset - utterly amateur shambles of a two-day Test match."
Lee had similar thoughts, saying: "Definition of madness? Doing the same things over and over and expecting different results. Australia learned from their mistakes in the first innings, England didn't."
Dave added: "Definition of English cricket: selecting Zak Crawley over and over again."
The was some support for Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, with one reader saying they are the "best captain/coach combination in the history of cricket bar none".
Perhaps we should give the final word to an Australian, given their team are now 1-0 up in the series?
Johnno said: "Aussie here who comes in peace. Not sure what has happened to the art of Test-match batting.
"England's two innings and Australia's first innings were both appalling batting and it took a T20 knock from Travis Head to win it."