copped a barrage from former players and UK media overnight.<\/a><\/p>\nFormer skipper turned pundit Michael Vaughan and BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew both criticised the England squad\u2019s poor depth and how the lack of genuine replacement options is causing complacency within the side.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no spare keeper, I think Jamie Smith is a wonderful talent, but he is struggling. Ben Duckett looks scratchy and edgy at the top. Ollie Pope is all over the place, once again,\u201d Vaughan said on BBC\u2019s Test Match Special. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t just keep dipping into Joe Root\u2019s well \u2013 \u2018go on Joe, go get us another 100\u2019. It is not just possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cI worry about this psychological damage of this last two days. Not just for the batters, but particularly the bowlers, who had so much time out there and they just didn\u2019t look like they were going to get wickets.\u201d<\/p>\n
In worrying signs for the visitors, England\u2019s second-tier team are being thumped by Australia A in a four-day match being played concurrently to the second Ashes Test. <\/p>\n
Agnew says that the fact no one outside of England\u2019s first choice side is knocking the door down has created a major problem for the touring side, especially if they fall into an ugly 2-0 hole.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no culpability, there are no ramifications, there\u2019s no question of anybody being dropped,\u201d Agnew said.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s nobody to put pressure on any of these players, so you just go out and bat as you want to play.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere should be a selection in which these players are being put under pressure, and if you fail time and again doing the same thing, you\u2019re gone, you\u2019re dropped.\u201d<\/p>\n
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