Interesting approach from Ben Stokes opting for four seam bowlers in attack, with Shoaib Bashir left out of the XI.

No spinner means England are going all out with a pace attack as Jofra Archer and Mark Wood line-up for just the second time in a test match for their country.

England XI: Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Root, Brook, Stokes (C), Smith (WK), Atkinson, Carse, Archer, Wood.

Australia XI: Khawaja, Weatherald, Labuschagne, Smith (C), Head, Green, Carey (WK), Starc, Boland, Lyon, Doggett.



By Archie Griggs,Mark Wakefield,Matty Hewitt

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