England Plan Extra Training Sessions In Wake Of Howling First Ashes Test Defeat

A week of inactivity for England’s cricketers will extremity connected Saturday pursuing confirmation of further training sessions having been scheduled successful nan aftermath of their howling eight-wicket conclusion to Australia successful nan first Ashes Test.

As reported by nan Guardian connected Monday, caput coach Brendon McCullum has booked other clip successful nan nets up of nan day-night 2nd Test that starts successful Brisbane connected 4 December alternatively than nonstop immoderate first squad players to nan two-day England Lions lucifer successful Canberra this weekend.

The first convention takes spot astatine Allan Border Field connected Saturday morning, earlier switching to nan accommodation astatine nan Gabba from Sunday onwards. Two of nan sessions – Monday and Wednesday – will return spot aft acheronian truthful players tin get utilized to seeing nan pinkish Kookaburra shot nether lights.

It represents a break from England’s accustomed shape of training 3 days earlier a Test match. But arsenic good arsenic nan vagaries of floodlit cricket, it will besides let players to acclimatise to playing successful nan accrued humidity of Brisbane that has seen a number of electrical storms deed nan metropolis successful nan past week.

The situation whitethorn besides summation pinch regards to their opponents amid a increasing anticipation that Pat Cummins will beryllium added to Australia’s squad erstwhile it is named connected Friday. Cummins has not played since July aft nan discovery of a little backmost “hotspot” but trained pinch his teammates earlier Perth and has since been seen bowling pinch a pinkish shot successful Sydney.

One-nil up successful nan series, and pinch England having not won astatine nan Gabba since nan victorious 1986-87 tour, nan hosts whitethorn yet clasp Cummins until nan 3rd Test successful Adelaide. Australia’s regular skipper whitethorn good beryllium nan only summation to nan group, albeit pinch Usman Khawaja still needing to beryllium his fittingness pursuing nan backmost spasms that blighted his outing successful Perth.