michael vaughan in a few minutes.oking at the bowling and batting stats. that is where the problems were, particularly when it comes to england's seniors players. this is looking at the batting scores for both alastair cook and joe root. between them, they scored 256 runs where steve smith, the australian captain, scored a26 runs alone. and he only batted in four innings, whereas cook and root batted six each. if we look at england's bowling stats as well, lots of questions being asked about the front line bowlers. stuart broad and moeen ali, only eight which is between them. compare that to the australian bowler nathan lyon, who took 15 wickets on his own. big questions are being asked and michael vaughan says the core of england's team just have not turned up england's team just have not turned up in this series. england don't have a high quality spinner. if you look at the rockies in the batting department, they have stood up. it has been disappointing to see the senior core of the team, if you look at alastair coo

the tour has been marred by off—field disciplinary issues, and former captain michael vaughan has calleds the latest player to face tough questions about matters both on and off the pitch. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. for all of the issues surrounding this site it will be a landmark test for one of the players. alastair cook set to win his 150th test cap for england. he has scored almost 12,000 test runs for his country. he has struggled for form so far in this series but he says his desire is as strong as ever. you live on the edge in professional cricket and the edge in professional cricket and the results normallyjustified the end. if you're scoring your place is guaranteed. but other talented people want your place and that has not changed for 12 years. people wa nt not changed for 12 years. people want your place and it is down to me to score some runs to get those people off my back. england black is beyond changed from the side that lost in adelaide but they may tinker with the batting order. jonny ba i rstow with the batting order. jonny bairstow may be promoted hi

do you agree with michael vaughan, because it is a day and night match with the pink ball, england have get out of brisbane with a draw it would be superb. we lost and got hammered. it in by ten wickets. in adelaide, straightaway arisaig —— there is a positivity. england bowled the new pink hole and snowballing into twilight. two shots to bowl out australia. —— the pink ball. positivity is there anything in there and have bowled with aggression and a plan but australia has just started to get on top of this. it looks great behind you in the pub in london. just take us back to your days, when people were sledging in australia, because jimmy anderson said it was the worst he had known. how that might affect the ashes tour? once you got through the airport in australia, it starts. the media are on your back, and you realise there will be a battle from start to finish. and the young lads in the first tents, they will do absolutely superb. the only ones who will be angry will be our tail and when they got stuck in... they got stuck into route, and big players for us, so an ethical ready yard

former captain michael vaughan says they are behaving like students and that the senior players needole models. alastair cook was asked for his take on england's conduct. i don't think we are getting painted fairly in the media on our culture. clearly there have been a couple of things which, it sounds silly to say it, in the media have been brought up, but the world's change after the september incident, so it is up to us to adjust to that quickly and we can't afford any mistakes because we understand that they have had it with the ecb and trying to make kids play cricket, which is what we want to do. a little earlier i spoke to another former england captain, david gower, who was heavily fined along with his team—matejohn morris for their antics in a bi—plane on the ‘91 ashes tour. he says that results will temper how any off—field indiscretions are reported. the key thing, as ever in these situations, if you are producing the right results on the pitch, then people are very forgiving. i remember years ago in manchester we won the international against new zealand and were found in

here's former england captain michael vaughan.nd think, the minute he does not get in as the batsmen anti—social does not get in as a bowler to have to bring in a spreader —— and he certainly does not get them as a ball. what several injuries you have to look to someone different so if i wasjoe good i will looked to those two games and try and go for a little bit of difference because what he has gone with here and in adelaide and brisbane has not worked so he might as well use these last two opportunities to blunt a couple of players. west ham midfielder manuel lanzini has been charged with successful deception of a match official following the award of a penalty in saturday's premier league game at stoke. west ham converted the penalty to take the lead in their 3—0 win. he has until 6pm tomorrow to respond. crystal palace midfielder jason puncheon's been charged with carrying a weapon after a fight near a surrey nightclub last night. the 31—year—old was arrested in the early hours of the morning after the disturbance near the mi

michael vaughan the former england captain says they are acting like stu d e nts captain says they are joe root, the england captain, michael vaughan says some of the senior players should be held accountable and need to get everybody in line. alastair cook is an elder statesman of the side and he was asked about all of this field controversy overnight. he was asked about all of this field controversy overnightlj he was asked about all of this field controversy overnight. i don't think we are getting painted fairly in the media because, on our culture, clearly there has been a couple of things, it sounds silly me saying it, but the media have brought that up. but the world has changed after the september incidents so it's down to us to adjust to that and we cannot afford any more mistakes because we understand the stakes, the ecb and responses, trying to make kids play cricket is what we wa nt to make kids play cricket is what we want to do ultimately. alastair cook will win his 150th cap in the third test and he needs some runs to go with it. he does and you have been talking to a for

pressure than in the first three of the series too late i'm afraid but fellow former england captain michael vaughan says people have no idea how hard it is to score test centuries even in a dead rubber he tweeted the ashes of gone but the england team of shown lots of pride this week which is what is all that matters really for more on this from an unbiased point of view earlier we spoke to dili permit chandran he's the former editor of western india here's what he had to say about cook and indians performance. but i think the apps see it two different ways why don't the series is . straight is intense two years and once it was in the first few games when they wrapped up the series but to be fair to cook and not just coke it's been stuart broad jimmy anderson as well of the senior players who to be fair letting them down in those first three games are very stood up in this game because they realize that the team's future the state of fate no whitewash in barry has a terrible repercussions for everyone involved and knows that having been part of it in two thousand and ten eleven and this is a kind o

there are some stinging comments in the papers this morning from former england captain michael vaughanress. i hadn't think we are getting painted fairly in the media on our culture. clearly there have been a couple of things which, it sounds silly to say it, in the media have been brought up, but there was change after the september incident, so change after the september incident, so it is up to us to adjust to that quickly and we can't afford any m ista kes quickly and we can't afford any mistakes because we understand that they have had it with the ecb and trying to make kids play cricket, which is what we want to do. skiier lindsey vonn, who missed the 201a olympics because of injury, is having more problems in the build up to the 2018 games in pyeonchang. the former world champion fell to the ground as her back seized up during a super—g race in switzerland at the weekend. but the american believes she can be fit in time to win a second olympic gold in two months. everything that i have done has been in preparation for these olympics, so in preparation for these olympics, so right

i have listened to michael vaughan said that he wasn't going to mention the w work, whitewash, but heal, can you believe it, it could on bbc two. what? because it could on bbc two. what? because it isa it could on bbc two. what? because it is a clash with the world cup final. get yourself on bbc two. and there is a really important triathlon that. that will be on bbc four if you are lucky. what a thing, if it could be on bbc two, and the all england club had been approached to try to move the final 21 o'clock rather than two o'clock. you could make it a bonanza of a day —— final to one o‘clock. make it a bonanza of a day —— final to one o'clock. the football starts at four o'clock. what an exciting day. can i tell you about bungalows? yes. you saw a lots being built and then they went into decline. now they are coming back out of decline for the first time in 30 years. and why is it? i don't know, people want more homes without stairs. why is it? i don't know, people want more homes without stairslj why is it? i don't know, people want more homes without stairs. i like bungalows. yes,