(Reuters) -The contest between England's dialled-down "Bazball" approach and Australia's more methodical batting could determine who prevails in the Ashes series beginning in Perth on Friday.

Conceived by head coach Brendon 'Baz' McCullum and championed by skipper Ben Stokes, England's gung-ho batting has reinvigorated test cricket with its implicit aim of making the five-day format more entertaining with positive results.