Former captain Michael Vaughan says England must “earn the right” to deploy its BazBall brand in Australia by playing traditionally for the first 20 overs.

Vaughan believes the series is up for grabs, particularly with the injury cloud hovering over Aussie skipper Pat Cummins.

But he fears England could go too hard, too early and fail to respect Australia’s top-line attack with the new ball.

“You can’t just play the aggressive way in Australia all the time, you have to go up and down in the gears,” Vaughan told the Following On podcast.

“Yes, you have that mindset of wanting to be aggressive, but if you’re facing (Josh) Hazlewood and (Mitchell) Starc … the bigger boundaries, you’ve got be very wary.

“I haven’t seen a team play that way and win in Australia. I’ve seen many teams earn t

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