What kind of team has England chosen (Photo-PTI)
australia vs England: The second test is to be held between Australia and England at Gabba in Brisbane and the English team has announced the playing eleven for this match. England has replaced Mark Wood with a player who also opens. England has included Will Jacques in the playing eleven in place of Mark Wood. This player also opens and now he will be fielded at number 8. Will Jacques has played 2 test matches for England so far in which he has scored 89 runs with his bat. Talking about his first class career, this player has scored 2591 runs with the help of 4 centuries. He can also bowl, he has 49 wickets in his name.
England’s playing eleven- Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Olly Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Jamie Smith, Will Jaques, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer.
England lost the first test badly
England had made a very bad start to the Ashes series. This team lost the first test in just two days. Now the next test match is in Gabba where day-night test is to be held. In this pink ball match, England have kept only 3 bowlers in their team and there are 8 players in the team who can bat. This decision of England, to some extent, exposes its fears.
ЁЯУЛ We’ve made one change to our XI for the second TestтАж
Enter stage right, Will Jacks ЁЯСК
тАФ England Cricket (@englandcricket) December 2, 2025
The main reason for England to strengthen its batting could be its failure in the first test. This team could not last even 40 overs in both the innings. England played only 32.5 overs in the first innings. In the second innings, the England team collapsed in 34.4 overs.