After narrowly missing out on victory in Sydney, Australia will be pushing for a 4-0 series result against an England team desperate for a win.
With the toss set for 2:30pm, our money is on the winning captain electing to have a bowl. Surely.Usman Khawaja faces the ultimate test in his latest rebirth in the baggy green as Australia’s batters brace for a pink ball they expect to hoop around corners in the Ashes finale.
Paceman Scott Boland is expected to take his place in the XI after bowling strongly in the nets on Thursday as Australia venture into the unknown for Hobart’s first day/night Test. The Blundstone Arena pitch was only a lighter shade of green than the other tracks on the square late on Thursday and with showers predicted for the first three days it will again be tough going for the willow wielders.
If the Test strip behaves anything like the pitches in the nets, which only had tinges of green, the slip cordon can expect to be busy.almost 97 at the top of the order for Australia. He played arguably his finest Test innings in that role in 2016, making 145 filling in at short notice after South Africa’s early declaration under lights caught David Warner on the hop in the medical room.
But it is a position he has seldom batted in since. His last first-class game opening came in March 2020 when he promoted himself to the top for Queensland in a Twenty20-type run chase.
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