Australia prevailed over England by two wickets within the first Ashes Test, which was performed final week at Edgbaston. The guests held their nerves as Pat Cummins (44*) and Nathan Lyon (16*) stitched an unbeaten partnership of 55 runs and took their aspect throughout the road within the chase of 281. The Ben Stokes-led aspect now eye redemption as each side gear up for the second Test, which is able to get underway on June 28. Ahead of the essential conflict at Lord’s, England opener Zak Crawley has made a daring prediction.

Speaking to Times Radio, the 25-year-old batter has predicted that the second Ashes Test can be received by England at the very least by a margin of 150 runs.

“I think we’ll win [at Lord’s]. I think the pitch will suit us a bit more so I think we’ll win by, I don’t know, 150 runs?,” Crawley told Times Radio.

Speaking in regards to the loss, the opening batter acknowledged that the crew’s morale has not been affected regardless of dealing with a defeat within the first sport as they had been capable of showcase their attacking fashion of Test cricket and entertain the group.

“We’re not about results. We’re not about winning or losing, we’re about entertainment. That’s why we took [this loss] better than other losses perhaps, because it was great for the game,” Crawley mentioned.

“Of course we’re there to win and it helps our brand and what we’re trying to do. If we win, we get more traction. But I don’t think we’ve lost anything this week other than a game of cricket,” he added.

Apart from Crawley, England veteran pacer James Anderson additionally warned Australia that the Ben Stoked-led crew can be “more positive, more aggressive, more entertaining” once they look to degree the Ashes sequence at Lord’s subsequent week.

“I think we’ll go more positive, more aggressive, more entertaining. We want to try and make sure people go home happy as they did each day at Edgbaston,” mentioned 40-year-old Anderson who endured a troublesome first Test through which he took only one wicket.

He added: “Just because we’re 1-0 down I don’t think we’ll try anything different. I think we showed enough last week to show we can win the next four if we keep playing like that and iron a few things out. We’ll go exactly the same.”

(With AFP Inputs)