I don't know why England bowled a flood of short balls: Warner

Australian opener David Warner says he's stunned by England's tactics of short bowling here in Ashes' second Test at the Adelaide Oval, adding that the home team's batter will play the supplies on performance whatever the tourist bowlers are up to they throw.

England's spate of short deliveries didn't really work on opening day as Warner only missed the century by five runs in Thursday's second ash test, while Marnus Labuschagne took a patient at 103 before being in the LBW opening session on day 2 on Friday.

England hit all five of their quicks - Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes - to shake Australia, but to no avail.

In the middle of the first session on Day 2 on Friday, Australia beat Australia with 272/3 of 107.1 overs with replacement skipper Steve Smith at 41 and first test player of the game Travis Head with 11.

“It's a tactic they obviously tried to get us through. I don't know why they did that, ”Warner was quoted by sen.com.au on Thursday. "But for us you have to play every ball to your liking. Obviously it's a short square here, so you have to support yourself to have a game plan and stick to it." Warner said England should have changed their tactics if they didn't work, but they persisted.

You also confuse your fields with different field placements and then from your point of view it comes down to how you adapt to this situation.

You also get into positions where you are almost in one-day mode, there are gaps in front of the wicket. A couple of flat bat shots. Once you've removed a line or two and start leaking, you'll need to change tactics. But they didn't.

"It fitted in a bit with our plan and the ball is going to be softer."