England showed no fight in the final session of the third day of the Ashes Test, former captain Michael Vaughan said.
Having conceded a first innings lead of 177, the tourists were 45-0 at the dinner interval but collapsed to 134-6 at the end.
“Surely as a team you just have to think ‘just fight,'” Vaughan said.
“You’re under the lights in Brisbane and you’ve got an hour and 10 minutes left. You’ve seen the way Australia grafted and grafted earlier in the day when they wanted to get to this stage.”
England lost Ben Duckett shortly after dinner but reached 90-1 before losing five wickets for 38 runs, with Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope returning catches to Michael Neser before Joe Root, Harry Brook and Jamie Smith fell behind.
“How many sports teams have you seen play one way and be successful over a period of time? Against quality, against good opponents?” Vaughan asked.
“Occupy the crease and it becomes easier. It’s not always the case that you come out and it’s perfect and you’re hitting the middle of the bat.
“In those situations you just have to fight and stay in and over time you start picking up the ball a little faster, you get used to the conditions, the bounce and all of a sudden you start to find your flow.”
Ben Stokes and Will Jacks, both with four, will resume on Sunday and England still need 43 runs just for Australia to bat again.
