The Ashes: England coach Chris Silverwood says he would pick same teams again for first two Tests

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Chris Silverwood said he would pick the same two teams again despite England's 2-0 loss to Australia.

England lost the first Test in Australia by a wide margin, before another big loss in the second Test in Adelaide on Monday.

The choice of bowling attack in a match has been questioned.

Silverwood said there is always going to be divided opinion.

"You pick a team and not everyone will agree with you."

When Jonathan Agnew asked Silverwood if he would pick the same starting XI for the two Tests again, Silverwood said he would.

James Anderson and Stuart Broad were left out of England's first Test, where left-arm spinner Jack Leach took 1-102 off just 13 overs.

Anderson was rested as a precautionary measure, but Broad said he was ready to go, with Australia captain Pat Cummins surprised by Broad's omission.

Anderson and Broad were recalled, along with Mark Wood, and the other two were dropped for the day-night Test at the Adelaide Oval.

England hoped Anderson and Broad would exploit the conditions to find more movement with the pink ball under the lights, but they looked the most threatening in the day's first hour.

Without a frontline spinner, England relied on Joe Root's off-spin and Dawid Malan's part-time leg-spin, while seam bowler Ollie Robinson also took a spell off.

The extra pace of Mitchell Starc and off-spinner Nathan Lyon's ability to extract turn and bounce troubled England throughout, with the pair taking 11 wickets in total.

Silverwood said he would pick the same team again because he was happy with the skills they had.

Ponting almost fell off the chair.

England made the same mistakes and needed to bowl fuller and be brave in pitching the ball up, said Joe Root after the second Test.

Four years ago in Australia, England were criticized for bowling too short when they lost the second Test.

England took three Australia's for seven runs at the start of the fourth day.

Ricky Ponting said he almost fell off his seat when he heard the comments.

He asked why he was captain of Cricket Australia.

What are you doing on the field if you can't influence your bowlers on what length to bowl?

The plans had been well communicated but people get caught up in the game.

Silverwood said that he had no problem with the comments made by the England captain and that England could have taken a few Australia's on the first day.

"It was close between being full and being driven and holding the game," Silverwood said.

The captain wants them to bowl a little bit more and we caused problems when we did. I have no problem with what he said.

"We have to be prepared to set fields that will give the bowler protection, and that's what Joe was saying, if you pitch it up a little bit you create problems."

Silverwood said they are looking at options to possibly replace out-of-form batters.

"We need runs and that's the bottom of it," he said.

How do we get 400 on the table? All options are on the table.

There is a real desire to get back into the series.

England have never come back from 2-0 down to win the series.

They lost a series in a row for the first time in over a decade in the summer of 2017-18.

Steve Smith, who was leading Australia in place of Cummins, said the hosts would love to whitewash England.

"I don't look at that stuff," said Silverwood. We have to make sure that doesn't happen and that we are ready for the next game.

I sense a real desire to get back into the series.