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ben stokes England have indicated that England will bat first if they win the toss in the third Test against Australia in Adelaide.
It is expected to be extremely hot in Adelaide this week, with temperatures reaching 32C on the opening day on Wednesday and 37C on day two on Thursday, before dropping slightly towards the end of the match.
England must win the test To maintain any hope of winning ashAfter losing the opening two games in Perth and Brisbane, the toss could prove crucial to the result in South Australia.
Stokes has often chosen to bowl first during his captaincy and has preferred to chase the target with the bat in the fourth innings. But with conditions likely to favor the batsmen in the early days, and provide a brutal environment for bowlers to complete their overs, he pointed to one of England’s most infamous calls to bat first.
“The first and second days are going to be very hot,” he said. “I’m pretty sure I’ve become a meme or a gif at some point in my career – I don’t want to be another Nasser Hussain.”
In the first Test of the 2002/03 Ashes, Hussain won the toss and chose to bowl first at the Gabba, surprising Australia and even his own teammates, who was heavily criticized. Australia scored first innings centuries through Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting before winning the Test by 384 runs and winning the series 4–1.
Tourists have just made a change Fast bowler Josh Tongue was included in his eleven in place of Gus Atkinson after the eight-wicket loss in Brisbane. Young spinner Shoaib Bashir was overlooked for the third Test in a row, which Stokes said was due to England’s precarious position in the series.
“We didn’t think we’d be in a position to be down 2-0 after two and win the (last) three,” he said. “So we have to make tough decisions ahead of the series and we will continue to make tough decisions if we feel it will give us the best chance of winning games.”