"After winning the toss England were bowled out for 172, with Mitchell Starc outstanding in claiming seven wickets for 58. But while Carse admitted their total was under par, he said the mood inside the tourists' dressing room and that displayed by their captain, Ben Stokes never dipped. He was always positive, always full of enthusiasm, and really very simple messaging, and that's the way that he has always dealt with the side, Carse said."
"Stokesy said: Let's smash the wicket hard and let's get as much as we can out of it.' He said: We've got 50 minutes before tea,' and I thought the way that Gus [Atkinson] and Jofra [Archer] started was phenomenal, and we carried that into the afternoon session. I thought we were quite relentless as a group of seamers, and Ben rotated us well."
"Asked about his use of the word relentless to describe England's barrage of pace bowlers, Carse said: That's the collective messaging throughout the group, everyone 100% buys in to that and we are never going to shy away from that. Hopefully that relentlessness, passing the ball over to each other and sticking to what we want to work towards as a group of seamers, will stand us in good stead."
England were bowled out for 172, with Mitchell Starc taking seven wickets for 58. Australia finished the day nine down on 123 as 19 wickets fell. England's seamers maintained relentless pressure through aggressive, rotating spells and complementary skills across a group of six to seven fast bowlers. Ben Stokes emphasised attacking intent and rotated the attack effectively, delaying his own spell until producing a decisive five-wicket burst. The bowling unit passed responsibility, stuck to a collective strategy, and aimed to exploit conditions to unsettle the batting side.
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