Smith vows no let-up on England in Ashes battle

Brisbane: Man-of-the-match Steve Smith vowed on Monday that Australia will continue to play hard, aggressive cricket right through the Ashes series after smashing England in the first Test in Brisbane.

The Australian skipper said he does not expect the Jonny Bairstow headbutt incident with Bancroft to spark any extra ill-feeling between the two sides as the series moves to Adelaide for the second Test starting on Saturday.

But Smith warned there would be no let-up in the hosts' aggressive approach, revealing that his team had used the issue to help remove Bairstow for 42 in England's second innings.

The Australian skipper told reporters that his team used the headbutt incident to force the England wicketkeeper "off his game".

"And I think it worked, with the way he got out. He got caught at third man playing a pretty ordinary stroke," Smith said. "We were just trying to get in his head and it happened to work."

The Bairstow-Bancroft incident happened in a Perth bar late last month, but only came to light over the weekend.

Smith said the tactic was all part of playing uncompromising cricket in the traditional Ashes battle.

"This has been a really good week for us. I thought we played some really good cricket. We had to fight after the first couple of days and to get the result we were after is very pleasing," the Australian skipper said.