Although England completed a third straight Ashes Test series win at home to Australia last month by taking a five-match series 3-0, they were criticised for an excessively defensive approach with both bat and ball. <img alt="Darren Lehmann" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Darren-Lehmann.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 354px;" /> Australia coach Darren Lehmann Lehmann, speaking shortly before England announced their Ashes squad, was asked on a a BBC radio show hosted by former England captain Michael Vaughan, whom he played alongside at Yorkshire, what he thought of England&rsquo;s style. &ldquo;Dour. It&rsquo;s not the type of cricket I&rsquo;d play,&rdquo; Lehmann replied. &ldquo;At times I&rsquo;d like to see their over-rates picked up.&rdquo;u00a0Former Australia batsman Lehmann, parachuted into the coach&#39;s role just weeks before the start of the Ashes after South African Mickey Arthur was sacked. England managing director of cricket Hugh Morris, responding to Lehmann&rsquo;s latest remarks, said he&rsquo;d no problems with the brand of cricket played by Alastair Cook&rsquo;s side. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m really happy with our style,&rdquo; Morris said at a Lord&rsquo;s news conference to announce England&rsquo;s Ashes squadu00a0yesterday. &ldquo;Over the last five years our results have spoken for themselves. Over the last 12 months since Alastair Cook became captain we&rsquo;ve played four (Test) series, we&rsquo;ve won three and drawn one,&rdquo; the former England batsman added. &ldquo;That included a win in India, which was the first time (for England and where Australia were whitewashed 4-0 earlier this year) in 28 years, and a 3-0 win against Australia here (in England). Our style and approach is looking to win important matches, which we&rsquo;ve done consistently.&rdquo; England national selector Geoff Miller, himself a former Test off-spinner, said Cook&#39;s team were capable of adapting their game to different situations. &ldquo;Styles change in the conditions you play in, home and away, so we&#39;re happy with the way our style of cricket can alternate,&rdquo; Miller said of a side bidding to become the first England team since the 19th Century to win four successive Ashes series. Earlier, Lehmann reiterated his belief that Australia had found &quot;cracks&quot; in England&rsquo;s top-order with number three batsman Jonathan Trott, who struggled for runs during the recent Ashes, an example. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve found England cracks and worked out plans,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve made some inroads (getting into Trott&rsquo;s head), and I hope that continues,&rdquo; Lehmann added. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a good player. But I think we&rsquo;ve worked out plans, which seem to work for most of their batters.

England defended their approach to cricket after Australia coach Darren Lehmann said they were a "dour side".

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