England name pace-heavy 12 for Ashes opener; Wood cleared to play
The final call is likely to be between off-spinner Bashir and seamer Brydon Carse.
The final call is likely to be between off-spinner Bashir and seamer Brydon Carse.
“I feel that Australia's best team has Jake Weatherald opening the batting along with (Usman) Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne at three,” Ponting said on The ICC Review.
The five-match contest begins in Perth on Friday, with England expected to field a fiery pace battery featuring Jofra Archer, Mark Wood and Josh Tongue as they push to reclaim the urn last held by them in 2015.
The series opener, also part of the ICC World Test Championship, begins in Perth on November 21 and while Cummins admits the race against time is tight, he hasn’t ruled himself out just yet.
