Overview
- Play begins November 21 in Perth to open the five-Test Ashes series that runs to January 8 within the World Test Championship cycle.
- Nathan Lyon returns, Marnus Labuschagne slots back at No. 3, and the attack features Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and debutant Brendan Doggett with Smith captaining.
- Pat Cummins (back) and Josh Hazlewood (hamstring) are ruled out of the first Test, leaving Australia without two frontline pacemen.
- The selection creates a first for Australia’s men with two players of Indigenous heritage in the same Test XI.
- England arrive seeking a first Test win in Australia since 2010-11 with express options Jofra Archer and Mark Wood in the squad, and UK viewers can watch live on TNT Sports via discovery+.