Marcus Trescothick says England will stick to their attacking principals

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England’s beleaguered batters have held “no discussions” about the repetitive nature of their Ashes dismissals, but assistant coach Marcus Trescothick insists they “respect the game”.The larger-than-life aggression that has characterised the ups and downs of the so-called ‘Bazball’ era has detonated on arrival in Australia, with a growing collection of increasingly familiar dismissals.After being shot out for 172 and 164 in a two-day defeat in Perth, England are now staring at the likelihood of another heavy loss on day four of the day/night second Test at the Gabba.

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00:00Is it the way that you want to play, giving you the best chance of winning matches in this country?

00:04Well, I think you've got to have a style of play that you sort of stick to, don't you?

00:09Of course you want to adapt and you want to be conditions dependent on what that is.

00:16Of course it is.

00:16But we've built the way that we want to build the team

00:21and trust in the guys that we have that to do,

00:27in the team that we are good enough to do that.

00:31We've been put under pressure in various places in the last two games

00:34and of course that's been challenging.

00:36So we're always trying to respect the situation, respect the game

00:42and learn and be better next time we get that chance.

00:45Lawrence, go ahead.

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