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England skipper Ben Stokes won the flip and elected to bat archetypal connected the opening time of the 5th Ashes trial against Australia astatine Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday (January 4, 2026).
Neither squad selected a specializer spinner, with England bringing seamer Matthew Potts into the broadside successful spot of the injured Gus Atkinson and Shoaib Bashir missing retired again.
Australia all-rounder Beau Webster will besides play his archetypal lucifer of the bid aft replacing speedy Jhye Richardson successful the team. Off-spinner Todd Murphy was named 12th man.
Australia pb the bid 3-1 and person already ensured they volition clasp the Ashes urn.
The enactment volition commencement nether sunny skies but determination is simply a accidental of some stormy upwind aft lunch.
The lucifer was preceded by a ceremonial honouring archetypal responders and "community members who acted bravely" during the onslaught by gunmen which killed 15 radical astatine a Jewish lawsuit astatine adjacent Bondi Beach connected December 14.
The unusually precocious level of information for the lucifer was evident extracurricular the crushed with riot constabulary observing the assemblage arsenic they entered the venue.
Teams
Australia: Jake Weatherald, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (captain), Usman Khawaja, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Beau Webster, Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland.
England: Ben Stokes (captain), Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue
