"The one thing with David Warner, I know England fear him" - Michael Vaughan on the veteran's impact on the Ashes 

Former England captain Michael Vaughan feels that Ben Stokes and Co. fear David Warner despite his poor run of form. The left-handed batter had a series to forget during his last red-ball visit to England and has been struggling for runs of late.

Barring a double century during the home series against South Africa, Warner does not have much to show for in Test cricket of late. The veteran Aussie was struggling for runs in the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskat Trophy before he returned home due to injury.

Suggesting that Warner does not have to necessarily open the batting for Australia during the Ashes, Vaughan told The Age:

"The one thing with David Warner, I know England fear him, I do know that the captain worries that Warner could come out of the traps and just have one of those series. And he’s never done it really in England.He doesn’t have much of a record here. I know Anderson and Broad don’t mind bowling to him. But the modern game seems to be available to out-of-the-box thinking more than ever. He doesn’t have to open the batting."

Terming Warner as an excellent player of spin and backing him to be well-suited at No. 5 or 6 in the batting order, Vaughan continued:

"Warner is such a good player of spin. He’s such a good player when the ball that’s not moving. The ball won’t move after 30 odd overs in English conditions. Could they find a place for him at five or six?"

Out of his 187 Test innings, Warner has opened the batting in 184. He has batted at No. 3 twice and once at No. 6, where he scored five runs.

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"I think that it’s important to play this England side with a little bit of fire" - Michael Vaughan

England are arguably the most in-form side in Test cricket ever since Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have taken over. They have lost just two Test matches since July and are on the lookout to win the Ashes with momentum on their side.

Stating that England have shocked each opponent that they have come across so far in the recent past, Vaughan said:

"I think that it’s important to play this England side with a little bit of fire. Playing timidly won’t work. This England team are good. They’re played a brand that’s shocked every single team that they’ve played against so far.”

Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey recently stated that the Men in Yellow will not adopt an aggressive approach and will instead focus on their brand of cricket that led them to the World Test Championship (WTC) final.

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