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Are you ready to get hurt again? Another four-year cycle, another chance England fans everywhere raise their hopes What will happen next – likely – will be another 4-0 away ash defeat.
Why should this series be any different? When history is so certain to point to another failure, why should England supporters, both passionate and casual, care? As a reminder of the statistics, England have not won a single match, let alone a series Australia Since 2011. Played 15, won zero, drew two and lost 13, this is their record in the last 15 years.
Well, the stars are in England’s favor. Australia’s charismatic captain pat cummins possibly injured even till the third testwhile his partner Josh Hazlewood is also missing nowBetween them, 600 wickets have fallen from the Australian line-up,
Veteran Australian journalist Pete Lalor explained, “It’s a capital D disaster.” “Australia lost its biggest advantage in this series: and that was the bowling attack.”
News came that Hazlewood will not play in the first test During England’s practice match On Lilac Hill. As it filtered through the press tent, England Lions player Matt Fisher was passing by and turned his head in the direction of the conversation. Everyone knows what a big opportunity this is for tourists.
That’s partly because, by contrast, England is closer to reporting a full bill of health. mark woodThe forever injured X-factor bowler, Clear scans returned on his hamstringAnd although by any sensible logic he should not have been playing in Perth because of the surgery he had earlier this year, with Cummins and Hazlewood out, England sensed an opportunity, now the time to press every big red button.
Wood may not know it himself, but it could be a one-way mission for the world’s fastest bowler. Give it all, then walk off into the sunset broken, but victorious.
That England are able to contemplate such a short-sighted selection decision is due to the seam-friendly nature of the pitch at Perth’s Optus Stadium. In recent years, the importance of fast bowlers has been increasing on Australian pitches and the role of spin has been diminishing. As a result, England is considering two options.
The first is a five-man seam attack, which he hinted at when he selected a team without a spinner for the practice match against England Lions. This would mean that Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse and Wood would all play alongside Ben Stokes as part of the bowling attack. Wood and Archer have played only one Test together before. This will be England’s fastest bowling attack in recent memory.
Plan B involves Will Jack. Given Wood’s immense pace this is an attractive option if it involves a five-man pace attack. But if that fifth fast bowler had been Josh Tongue, they would not have been so keen. This is where Jack comes in.
selected In the team as a wildcard Bolstered by the need to bolster the batting line-up and bowl some useful off-spin, he pressed his case with 84 in the warm-up game before beautifully clean bowling Joe Root. At this stage, if England have to play a spinner, it is Jack who has more chances than Shoaib Bashir. Whatever they decide, England’s Plan A and Plan B will both be unconventional team selections. They wouldn’t have it any other way.
For the first time since 2010/11, England went out on the front foot rather than the back in the first Test. The top seven is settled, with Ollie Pope taking over the No. 3 spot after a fluent century In the first innings of warm-up Match and an impressive 90 runs in the second.
In contrast, Australia looks Two newcomers are likely to be named His team includes opening batsman Jake Weatherald and seam bowler Brendan Doggett. Both are 31 years old and good players, but Further “Dad’s Army” highlights Insinuations that have been directed at the Australian camp. Cameron Green, at 26, is the only player under 30 in the Australian squad, with the XI expected to be the oldest Test team to play in almost 100 years, with six players aged 34 or older. They’re a great team, and for years there’s been fear about what might happen if or when their bodies start to break down. We are about to find out about the injuries to Cummins and Hazlewood.
The hype for the series will continue until the first ball is bowled in front of a packed Optus Stadium filled with 60,000 people. Throughout the duration of the series, it is reported that 40,000 passengers from the UK will travel to Australia. Not all of them will travel for cricket, but a large number will. Combine the excitement of the Test with the fact that no fans were allowed to travel in 2021/22 due to Covid, and it is the trip of a lifetime for many.
“Everywhere you look there are the Ashes,” Pope said after the warm-up match at Lilac Hill. “Everyone is very excited about it. Hopefully if I get the nod on Friday, it will be an amazing series to be a part of.”
three and a half years old Brendon McCullum And Stokes’ reign continues on this tour. The legacies of captains and coaches – justified or otherwise – are defined by what happens below. This will be no different.