Australia are 1-0 up within the Ashes 2025 collection after hammering England by 8 wickets inside 2 days within the first Check at Perth final week.

Main 1-0 within the five-Check Ashes 2025 collection after a shocking two-day win within the first Check at Perth, Australia has named an unchanged squad for the day-night second match on the Gabba in Brisbane beginning December 4. Captain Pat Cummins return has been placed on maintain regardless of reviews that he had bowled nicely within the nets in Sydney earlier Friday. Veteran opener Usman Khawaja was included within the squad after again spasms prevented him from batting within the second innings of Perth’s collection opener.

The 32-year-old Cummins is within the remaining levels of his restoration from lumbar again stress and can once more journey with the squad to Brisbane. Native media reported that Cummins skilled strongly on the Sydney Cricket Floor on Friday, bowling at what seemed to be full pace to stand-in captain Steve Smith for greater than an hour with a pink ball.

Cummins has been retained for Rs 18 crore by Kavya Maran’s Sunrisers Hyderabad forward of the upcoming IPL 2026 season. Cummins has already been named captain of SRH for subsequent 12 months, though the Sunrisers completed in sixth place in IPL 2025 and failed to succeed in the playoffs this 12 months.

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However his absence within the squad named Friday means native Queenslander Brendan Doggett seems to be set to retain his place within the XI for Brisbane after accumulating 5 wickets within the first take a look at. Cummins may very well be a powerful likelihood to return to the aspect for the third match in Adelaide starting December 17.

Cummins has not performed in a match since Australia accomplished a clear sweep of the West Indies within the Caribbean in July, the place he first skilled soreness in his again. England arrived in Brisbane on Thursday, with its complete first take a look at XI opting towards pink-ball match observe with solely unused squad members Jacob Bethell, Matthew Potts and Josh Tongue to function towards a Prime Minister’s XI staff this weekend.

Ben Stokes’ aspect will maintain their first coaching session on the Gabba on Sunday adopted by a session below lights on Monday.

Australia second Check squad: Steve Smith (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Cameron Inexperienced, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Jake Weatherald, Beau Webster.