England spinner Shoaib Bashir struggled on the ultimate day of the Ashes warm-up towards the Lions, maybe elevating the prospect of the vacationers choosing an all-pace frontline assault for the sequence opener towards Australia in Perth from Friday.
Bashir went at virtually seven runs an over as he recorded figures of 1-83 from 12 overs bowling for the senior England group, having taken 1-68 from 12 whereas taking part in for the Lions on day two at Lilac Hill.
With England fast Mark Wooden cleared of harm after struggling a good hamstring whereas bowling eight overs on day one of many tune-up fixture, the vacationers may decide a bowling unit of Wooden, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Brydon Carse and Gus Atkinson at Optus Stadium.
In that state of affairs, Josh Tongue could be Wooden’s most probably deputy ought to Stokes’ aspect really feel the latter wants extra time to show his health.
England beat the Lions by 5 wickets in Perth, with Ollie Pope backing up his first-innings century – and probably nailing his Ashes No 3 spot – with a knock of 90 from simply 67 balls as the primary group reached their goal of 201 in 34.4 overs after a manufactured Lions declaration on 251-6.
Ollie Pope is in high quality type forward of the Ashes opener at Optus Stadium
Stokes (15no) and Jamie Smith (39no) guided England to victory after Pope, Joe Root (31) and Harry Brook (19) fell, with openers Zak Crawley (3) and Ben Duckett (0) out cheaply – Duckett dismissed for a golden duck by Nathan Gilchrist.
Off-spinning all-rounder Will Jacks bagged the wickets of Root and Brook, each bowled, and should now have leapfrogged Bashir within the pecking order ought to England play a foremost spinner.
Jacob Bethell hit 70 for the Lions on the ultimate day at Lilac Hill
Earlier, Jacob Bethell, Pope’s rival for the No 3 berth, made 70 for the Lions earlier than being caught and bowled by Bashir, whereas Ben McKinney hit 68, Jordan Cox 57 and Jacks 20.
McKinney, Cox and Lions skipper Tom Haines (12) had been all out to paceman Carse, who registered figures of 3-65 from 11 overs having missed day one of many recreation by way of sickness.
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Sky Sports activities’ Michael Atherton reacts to the information that Mark Wooden is about to be match for the primary Ashes Check and Australia’s Josh Hazlewood has been dominated out
Ashes sequence in Australia 2025-26
All instances UK and Eire
- First Check: Friday November 21 – Tuesday November 25 (2.30am) – Optus Stadium, Perth
- Second Check (day/evening): Thursday December 4 – Monday December 8 (4.30am) – The Gabba, Brisbane
- Third Check: Wednesday December 17 – Sunday December 21 (12am) – Adelaide Oval
- Fourth Check: Thursday December 25 – Monday December 29 (11.30pm) – Melbourne Cricket Floor
- Fifth Check: Sunday January 4 – Thursday January 8 (11.30pm) – Sydney Cricket Floor
