England lashed for skipping warm-up

England have been slammed as “amateurish” after their main stars opted to skip a pink-ball tour game despite being crushed by Australia in the first Ashes Test at Perth.

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England players walk off the field after losing against Australia in the first Ashes Test match in Perth.

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Just three of the squad will join the second-tier England Lions to play a two-day day-night clash against a Prime Minister's XI this weekend in Canberra.

Only Jacob Bethell, Matthew Potts and Josh Tongue — none of whom played in Perth — will feature despite England's first Test batting implosions with the likes of Joe Root, Zak Crawley and Harry Brook all flopping.

The rest of the squad will instead head to Brisbane ahead of the second pink-ball Test on Dec 4.

Former Ashes-winning captain Michael Vaughan said he was “staggered” by the decision.