AUSSIES BUILD A HEAD OF STEAM

SKIPPER Ben Stokes was left shell-shocked after England were crushed in the first Ashes Test inside just two days.

- Rory Dollard

And coach Brendon McCullum was quick to defend their all-out attacking “Bazball" tactics, which saw England's fastest defeat in more than a century. Australia go into the second Test in Brisbane on December 4 off the back of an eight-wicket thrashing, which saw Travis Head hit a stunning second-innings century.

Stokes said: "I'm a little shell-shocked. I really didn't see that one coming.