Ashes: Michael Vaughan 'staggered' by England's move to drop pacer with 524 Test wickets

On a very thrilling first day of Ashes, England cricket team were bowled out by Australia for 147 runs within 50.1 overs. England h little chance with Aussie pace lineup picking up wickets. However, former England cricketer Michael Vaughan was shocked to see England drop one of ir best bowlers, a player with 524 Test wickets, Stuart Bro. This was first time England have gone into an Ashes Test without legendary of Bro or Jimmy Anderson.

Vaughan wrote on his Twitter that Gabba pitch is a good one and ded that England's Test batting lineup has not been able to cope on pitches like one y were batting on for a long time. He n said that he was 'staggered' not to see Stuart Bro in playing XI given that current pitch would have suited his bowling style.

"A juicy pitch at GABBA .. Done more than I have ever seen it in my time watching Ashes cricket .. England's test batting for a long time hasn’t coped on se kinds of pitches .. also staggered no (Stuart) Bro on this kind of surface," wrote Michael Vaughan on Twitter.

Australia vs England 1st Test: Day 1 Recap

In Pat Cummins first match as Australia's skipper, he lost toss and Joe Root chose to bat first after assessing his options. However, move worked in favour of Aussies as on very first ball Rory Joseph Burns was bowled out by Mitchell Starc after a stunning delivery. pressure was on after that moment as Aussie pace attack was just too much to handle for England cricket team. In fact, such was pitch that between fourth and sixth over, not a single run was scored. Dawid Malan was dismissed at 3.2 over mark with England at 11/2 and n skipper Root was dismissed at 5.5 over mark with score still same at 11/3. Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler tried ir best to hold down fort but y too h to walk back having scored 35 and 39 runs respectively. Australian skipper Cummins was in sensational form as he finished first innings with five wickets at an economy rate of 2.89.