TOWNSVILLE, Australia (AP) England won the toss and will bat first in its four-day tour match against a Cricket Australia XI, its final warmup for the first Ashes test against Australia.
Allrounder Moeen Ali will play for the first time on tour after recovering from a side strain while seamer Craig Overton has a chance to press claims for a test debut in the absence of Jake Ball, who has an ankle injury.
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Cricket Australia XI: Nick Larkin, Jake Carder, Ryan Gibson, Will Pucovski, Jason Sangha, Matt Short (captain), Harry Neilsen, Simon Milenko, Gurinder Sandhu, Daniel Fallins, Harry Conway.
England: Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Joe Root (captain), Dawid Malan, Jonathan Bairstow, Moen Ali, Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Stuart Broad
Mason Crane.
TOWNSVILLE, Australia (AP) England won the toss and will bat first in its four-day tour match against a Cricket Australia XI, its final warmup for the first Ashes test against Australia.
Allrounder Moeen Ali will play for the first time on tour after recovering from a side strain while seamer Craig Overton has a chance to press claims for a test debut in the absence of Jake Ball, who has an ankle injury.
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Cricket Australia XI: Nick Larkin, Jake Carder, Ryan Gibson, Will Pucovski, Jason Sangha, Matt Short (captain), Harry Neilsen, Simon Milenko, Gurinder Sandhu, Daniel Fallins, Harry Conway.
England: Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Joe Root (captain), Dawid Malan, Jonathan Bairstow, Moen Ali, Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Stuart Broad
Mason Crane.
