Cricket - Ashes 2019 - First Test - England v Australia - Edgbaston, Birmingham, Britain - August 5, 2019 England's Stuart Broad is caught out by Australia's Steve Smith off the bowling of Nathan Lyon Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - England will have a lot of soul searching to do about their player selections as well as their tactics after they were thrashed in the opening Ashes test despite reducing Australia to 122-8 in the first innings.
England's gamble to include paceman James Anderson so soon after he had torn his right calf muscle backfired spectacularly.
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