Former England cricketer Michael Vaughan suggested Australia split their opening pair of David Warner and Usman Khawaja for The Ashes, scheduled to start in June after ICC World Test Championship final.
Vaughan, in his interview with Sydney Morning Herald, said that England's pace duo of James Anderson and Stuart Broad will be lethal against the two left-handers.
"Why would you want to throw out two lefthanders to Broad and Anderson?" said Vaughan who helped England end their 18-year Ashes drought in 2005.
"Looking at the way that those two bowl at lefthanders, particularly in English conditions, why would you give those two great bowlers exactly what they want at the top of the order to get themselves up and running?" he maintained.
Opener Warner has managed just one hundred in more than three years in the longest format but was retained for the World Test Championship final against India next month and the first two Ashes matches.
Vaughan said Australia should open their batting with Mitchell Marsh and Usman Khawaja.
"I would honestly look at someone like Mitchell Marsh to open the batting because it gets him in the team. He's done all right against England," he said.
"Warner is such a good player when the ball that's not moving. The ball won’t move after 30-odd overs in English conditions. Could they find a place for him at five or six?
"I wouldn’t be against looking at him down in the middle of the order to get him in the team because I think (what) others will want is his kind of tenacity and his mentality and his aggressive way," he concluded.