'Call it Bazball or...'- Former Australia coach gives suggestion to England before Ashes 2025/26

Since the end of the England-India five-match Test series, the craze and excitement for the upcoming five-match red-ball series in the Ashes 2025/26 is getting bigger day by day. The former opening batter and the head coach, Justin Langer, has advised the visitors to continue their aggressive approach to end the drought of winning red-ball series down under.

England has won just one Ashes series in Australia since 1987 and hasn’t won a single five-day clash in the last three trips there. Langer feels that the Ben Stokes-led side, which struggled against the Aussies' bowlers, would need to take on the bowling attack when the opening encounter begins on November 21 at the Optus Stadium in Perth.

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“Call it Bazball or the aggressive approach, but I think England must play that approach in Australia. No question, because it'll put pressure back on. The only players who had success against Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath were those who attacked them. They got back in their face, and they hated it because no one did it.” Langer expressed during the BBC Sounds’ cricket podcast.

Justin Langer provides suggestions to England for Ashes 2025/26

England changed their aggressive approach in the last couple of years, which they continued during the Ashes 2023 in the United Kingdom. That time the series ended at a 2-2 margin. This series would be an acid test for various players as it could be the end of their careers in the longest format.

“It's going to take courage because you have got Mitchell Starc bowling like he does, Josh Hazlewood never misses the spot, and Pat Cummins is a generational bowler. So it's going to take great courage. It's going to be a really, really close series.” Langer shed light during the podcast.

“My question for England will be, have you got the killer instinct to finish off a series if you get a chance? We've seen it, the two-all here in the last Ashes series, two-all against India. England had the chances to win that series. Do you have the killer instinct to win the Ashes in Australia? That's going to be the big question.” The former coach reckoned.