"It would have been tricky for any finger spinner to be bowling in those conditions. "There were four left-handers in the top seven and they decided to just come out, play some shots and put him under pressure from the off. "He got thrown a bit of a hospital pass in my book. "He got a little bit of the rough end of the stick - to be slung in on a green top in Brisbane. "I wasn't surprised they targeted him whatsoever," Tufnell told BBC Radio 5Live. Tufnell felt for Leach, who has barely played red-ball cricket over the past two years, and was included in this match in front of experienced seamer Stuart Broad. Jack Leach struggled on day one against Australia (Chris Hyde/Getty Images) The hosts ultimately succeeded in their goal, with England captain Joe Root introducing himself as a secondary spin option in the evening session.Īustralia finished the day with a 196-run lead, as Travis Head made an 85-ball hundred, and are almost certain of going 1-0 up in the series. The former international spinner said that Leach's nightmare experience on day two in Brisbane - he was taken for 95 runs in 11 overs as Australia opted to employ an aggressive approach in an attempt to hit him out of the attack - was just as much about poor team selection than the bowler himself. Jack Leach was "thrown a hospital pass" by England in the first Ashes Test, according to Phil Tufnell.
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