Archer leaked 87 runs in 25 overs during Australia's first innings at Gabba.
Australian legend Matthew Hayden tore into England pacer Jofra Archer as the latter brought a pillow to the Gabba on Day 3 of the second Ashes Test.
Hayden said it was shocking to watch a player carrying a pillow while also adding that a batter should look to make the most of the dispirited attitude.
The Three Lions conceded a hefty lead of 177 runs in the first innings, with Archer leaking 87 runs in 25 overs and claiming the solitary wicket of Jake Weatherald.
“I’m sorry, but that’s a shocking look. If I were a batsman, I tell you what I’d be doing, I’d be digging in. Forever.”
“It would be exactly what you need as a batsman, I can tell you. You’d be looking over and thinking, ‘you are never going to sleep on that’,” Hayden told Channel 7.
“Not any part of this day are you going to see that. Not even in the night are you going to see that,” he added.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan also made scathing assessment of England’s attitude on the field, citing that they looked “jaded” as a side in the middle.
“I would have done things completely differently. What I saw today was a team that looked jaded. These fielding drills – they’re fantastic, but you know the ball is coming to you. In a game, you have no clue when it is coming to you and it is completely different. The art of taking chances is concentration. If you’re not out there on a regular basis practising for many hours, when that chance comes you have to be concentrating to take that opportunity. The only way you get good at that is by training the brain to do it,” Vaughan said.
Having lost the Ashes opener at Perth by eight wickets, England are trailing 0-1 in the five-match series.