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Without Cummins and Hazlewood, Australia can offer an unchanged attack in the pink-ball Test.
In Perth, left-arm spinner Mitchell Starc took 10 wickets and was named man of the match. He was joined by fellow seamers Scott Bolland and debutant Brendan Doggett, along with all-rounder Cameron Green and off-spinner Nathan Lyon.
Lyon struggled in Perth after being hit while batting by English fast bowler Mark Wood. If Australia decide to omit their key player for Brisbane, his replacement will be either seamer Michael Neser or all-rounder Beau Webster.
Khawaja’s place is under scrutiny after he was not fit to open the batting in either innings in Perth.
In the second innings, Travis Head was promoted from number five and hit one of the greatest Ashes hundreds ever to lead Australia to victory.
If Khawaja is left on his home turf, it will leave the door open for Josh Inglis, who made a hundred for Cricket Australia’s XI against England Lions on Monday.
Australia have not lost an Ashes Test in Brisbane since 1986. They have lost only one of their previous 14 pink ball Tests and have beaten England in all three Ashes daylights.
England have chosen not to send any of their Test debutants to play in a two-day pink ball match between the England Lions and the Premier’s XI in Canberra, starting on Saturday.
The tourists arranged two additional training sessions in the run-up to the second Test.
They will return to training at Allan Border Field on Saturday, with captain Ben Stokes scheduled to speak to the media.
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