LIVE: England great blasts 'worst ever' Australia

Former England Test skipper Michael Vaughan has taken purpose astatine Australia, labelling their batting effort astatine The Oval "the worst" he's ever seen from the visitors.

Australia won the flip and elected to vessel first, rolling England for 283 good earlier the adjacent of play connected time 1 of the 5th and last test.

Usman Khawaja, David Warner, and Steve Smith went connected to marque 61 runs collectively connected time 1 earlier Australia passed England's full precocious connected time two. 

Eventually, Australia were each retired for 295 and conscionable 12 runs ahead.

There was plentifulness of opposition betwixt performances. England went astatine 5.17 runs per implicit from their 54.4 portion Australia went astatine conscionable 2.85 runs per implicit from 103.1, each told.

Speaking connected BBC Sport's Test Match Special, Vaughan offered a scathing appraisal of Australia's archetypal innings response.

"They are taking location the urn, but I've ne'er seen Australia play with truthful overmuch fear," Vaughan said.

"They are usually truthful assertive and effort to instrumentality the crippled forward."

"They person conscionable sat successful to bat a agelong play of clip without remembering you person to enactment a spot of unit connected the bowlers.

"This greeting I thought it was the worst I've ever seen Australia bat successful my clip watching them. They ne'er play similar that."

Australia got disconnected to a sluggish commencement connected time two, scoring a meagre 54 runs successful the archetypal session. 

Marnus Labuschagne was peculiarly slow, scoring conscionable 9 runs from 82 balls, striking astatine a small implicit 10.

Khawaja was likewise sluggish, falling conscionable abbreviated of a half-century with a invaluable 47 from 157.

While 'Bazball' has been thing of a revelation successful Test cricket, England accelerated bowler Stuart Broad said helium wasn't amazed to spot Australia spell with a much accepted approach.

"They stuck to the benignant of play that has been precise palmy for galore years," Broad said. 

"Our benignant of play isn't astir wanting different teams to emulate it. It conscionable works truly good for us. 

"Ultimately, Australia are satellite Test champions, won each crippled successful their location summer, and they are not going to alteration their benignant of play conscionable due to the fact that we person a antithetic style."