It has been 15 years since England won a Test series on Australian soil. England have not won a single Test in Australia since then.
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Australia and England renew their traditional Ashes rivalry on Friday. The first Test will be in Perth. Australia has been weakened by injuries, but it is believed that this team can inflict more damage on England on Australian soil. The first match of the five-Test series will be played on a fast-bouncing pitch.
The curiosity about this Test is so high that all the tickets have been sold out in an instant. Meanwhile, the captain of the visiting team, Ben Stokes, is saying that they have no reason to be afraid of Australia. However, their performance there has not been good recently. It has been 15 years since England won a Test series on Australian soil. Since then, England has not won a single Test in Australia.
In the meantime, England has lost 13 Tests and the remaining two have ended in draws. Before coming to Australia, England was in New Zealand. There, the team was defeated by New Zealand 3-0 in the ODI series. Since coming to Australia, England has played only three days of red-ball cricket in preparation. That is why the entire series schedule is now being criticized.
Captain Stokes believes that even if it is like history, the team will aim to get off to a good start this time. He said, "There may not be another team as strong as Australia at home." So I have to say, the next two and a half months will be very difficult for us. At this point, I don't think the Test series we had before will mean much at this point.'
The reason behind England's somewhat excited is that the two main fast bowlers of the Australian team, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, are injured. They will miss at least the first Test, so England will also have an opportunity to stop their winless journey. Therefore, former Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has rightly said that there is no time to write a new script in the absence of Cummins and Hazlewood.
He says, 'It will haunt Australia. It has put the Australian selectors in a dilemma.' Fortunately, England will not play their first match in Brisbane, because this team has not won the Second World War there. Gawa will host the second day-night Test. After that, the Tests will reach Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. England themselves will be very dependent on the fast bowlers for a good performance.
The list includes Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Gus Atkinson, Braydon Carsey, Matthew Potts and Josh Tong. Soye Bashir is the only bowler who has been included in the team as a specialist spinner. This is a risk that England is willing to take, because apart from Wood, no one else has played a Test in Australia. Wood himself has recently returned to the team after recovering from an injury.
Australia's bowling attack will be handled by Stoke Boland and the ever-present Mitchell Starc. In this case, Nathan Lyon will be an alternative to the spin attack, while seamer Brendan Doggett may get a chance to debut. Australian captain Greg Chappell has already written in his column in the newspaper, "It is the fast bowlers who will decide this series, and whoever is stronger in them will win."
