Brook may change tack for England in Adelaide Ashes Test

England vice-captain Harry Brook has admitted he needs to change his ways when at the crease against Australia during the ongoing Ashes series Down Under.

Brook has struggled to find his best form through the opening two Ashes Tests against the Aussies, with the attacking right-hander having contributed just 98 runs at an average of 24.50 from four innings in the crucial ICC World Test Championship series.

With England needing a victory in Adelaide to have any chance of overturning their 2-0 series deficit and re-claiming the Ashes from their arch-rival, Brook says he may utilise a different approach when batting throughout the remainder of the five-game series.

"Sometimes we've got to rein it in a little bit," Brook said in Adelaide on Monday.

"Learn when to absorb the pressure a little bit more and then realise when the opportunity arises to put pressure back on them.

"I feel like I probably haven't done that as well as I usually do in this series so far.

"There's no reason behind that, I just haven't identified those situations well enough."

While Brook suggested he may change his tact somewhat against Australia's bevy of quality quicks, the England No.5 said he would continue to play the role of aggressor should the Aussies recall veteran spinner Nathan Lyon for the Adelaide contest.

Lyon was dropped for the second Test in Brisbane as Australia opted for an all-out pace attack for the day-night contest, but is expected to regain his place in the hosts' XI for the series-defining match.

“He’s an extremely highly skilled bowler, he’s persistent and he takes a lot of load off their fast bowlers,” Brook said of Lyon.

“We’ll obviously try to be aggressive against him and try to put him under pressure.

“But that may not be trying to hit sixes and fours all the time. We might have to rotate strike as much as possible, but just stay in the moment as much as possible, read the situations, read the pitch and play it accordingly.

“They’ve been incredibly highly skilled and they’ve nailed their execution. You can’t take this bowling attack lightly, they very rarely miss. You’ve got to try and create your own bad ball. That might be me running down, might be me changing my guard or whatever.”

No.1 ranked Test batter Joe Root is the only England player that can boast a batting average greater than 30 across the opening two Tests against Australia, with fellow top-order performers Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Ben Duckett and Brook yet to make much of an impact with the willow.

England skipper Ben Stokes recently suggested his side's dressing room was not a place for 'weak men' and urged his teammates to stand up and Brook echoed his captain's sentiments.

“It’s the pressure situations we haven’t been good at so far,” he said.

“When we’re head-to-head, they’ve managed to be the better side and sneak in front. Everyone realises that, and we’ve just got to stand up in certain situations.”

England squad: Ben Stokes (c), Harry Brook (vc), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Matthew Fisher, Will Jacks, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wk), Josh Tongue

Series schedule:

First Test: Perth Stadium, November 21-22 (Australia won by eight wickets)
Second Test: Gabba, December 4-7 (Australia won by eight wickets)
Third Test: Adelaide Oval, December 17-21
Fourth Test: MCG, December 26-30
Fifth Test: SCG, January 4-8