Perth: England coach Brendon McCullum has vowed his team will not deviate from their ultra-aggressive style after “Bazball” spectacularly imploded to hand Australia a stunning victory in the first Test.

As a shell-shocked England captain Ben Stokes refused to blame his batters after the visitors became just the sixth team in Ashes history to lose inside two days, former skipper Michael Vaughan warned “you can’t be competitive without brains”.

The cynicism in which England’s ultra-aggressive style is viewed in this country was reinforced after a dramatic Saturday afternoon when Travis Head beat them at their own game .

The 405 balls England faced in Perth is their lowest tally in a Test where they have been bowled out twice since 1904 at the MCG, four years before Don Bradman was bo

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