'There is no ramification': England's loudest voice tees off as Michael Vaughan drops grim 5-0 prediction

Jonathan Agnew - the most prominent voice in English cricket - has teed off on the lack of "ramification" for the current playing group amid an ugly start to the Ashes.

The tourists were left reeling once again on Saturday night as they stare down the barrel of a 2-0 deficit in the five-game Test series against Australia.

After a solid first innings performance with the bat, England's bowling attack was left completely exposed as the hosts took a commanding 177-run lead.

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Things went from bad to worse in the evening session, with England losing six wickets before stumps and still trailing by 43 runs.

Ollie Pope and Zak Crawley were both dismissed, caught and bowled by Michael Neser, with question marks raised over England's match awareness in Aussie conditions.

Harry Brook and Joe Root, the two key batters in the side, were both caught behind for 15 as the visitors face an ugly defeat heading into day four.

Speaking on BBC's Test Match Special, long-time commentator and former England bowler Agnew took aim at the lack of accountability amongst the core group and called out the lack of depth within the wider squad to keep the XI on their toes.

"It's incredibly deflating to sit and watch England making the same mistakes," he said.

"You could predict entirely how certain players are gonna get out and that's what is disappointing, those players don't seem to be learning. 

"The fact is, none of these players are being put under any pressure by anybody else in the squad. There is no culpability and there is no ramification.

"There's no question of anybody being dropped apart from Pope, who has [Jacob] Bethell in the wings - but he's not scoring any runs either.

"There's nobody else, there's nobody to put pressure on any of these players. You just go out and bat as you want to play. There should be a system and there should be a selection in which these players are being put under pressure.

"If you fail time and time again doing the same thing, you're gone."

England made one forced change to their team for the second Test, with front-line quick Mark Wood ruled out due to injury and replaced by all-rounder Will Jacks.

The off-spinner made very little impact with the ball and had surprisingly only bowled one over from England's first 97 in the first innings, before returning figures of 1-34 from 11.3 overs when Australia were bowled out for 511 on Saturday afternoon.

With a loss all-but certain in Brisbane, the task won't get any easier for England with the impending return of Pat Cummins for the third Test at Adelaide Oval.

Former captain Michael Vaughan gave a grim assessment of where the series could end up going over the next month as the Aussies look for another whitewash.

"I hate to say it, but if England aren't careful - and they're gonna have to improve hugely - this could be 5-0," he said on BBC's post-day show on Saturday.

"I haven't seen enough from England to suggest that they can win a game yet.

"They're a good set of players and it is possible, but if they don't improve quickly, this is gonna get a lot worse before it gets better."

Should it end up being a heavy series loss, England could be forced into mass changes - whether from a playing personnel perspective or on the coaching staff.

Australian great Jason Gillespie admitted it was a side effect of an Ashes campaign.

"That's the consequence of non-performance and Ashes tours define teams, so there's every chance that will happen," he told BBC.