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Sydney will be tough so win now: Michael Vaughan

Updated on: 20 December,2010 08:58 AM IST  | 
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Michael Vaughan has urged England to keep their heads after yesterday's huge 267-run loss in the third Test at Perth that saw Australia level the Ashes at 1-1

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Michael Vaughan has urged England to keep their heads after yesterday's huge 267-run loss in the third Test at Perth that saw Australia level the Ashes at 1-1.

Vaughan, England's Ashes-winning captain on home soil in 2005, has said now is not the time for wholesale changes.u00a0 But he believes England need to win the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne because Sydney, the venue for the fifth and final Test, will favour Australia.






"I'm sure England will come back. It just depends on the pitch. If the pitch is slow at the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) I am sure England will fancy it.

"I think England will have to win at the MCG because I do think the Sydney ground will have some pace in it."

Vaughan would like to see Swann bowl more overs in Melbourne and has also backed batsman Ian Bell to move up the order.

Swann bowled nine overs in the second Australia innings as the hosts ran up 309 to set up a run chase which England never looked like achieving.

"Graeme Swann bowled nine overs, the number one spin bowler in the world," Vaughan said.

"With the four man attack Graeme Swann is the key."

On Bell, Vaughan added: "He's playing too well to bat at number six. Maybe put him to five. Bell to five and (Paul) Collingwood to six would be the only change from this game."
Meanwhile, England fast bowler Stuart Broad, who is out of the series due to a stomach muscle injury said the visitors should win the Ashes.
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