Australia has dominated the Ashes series so far. So far, Australia has won all three Test matches, whereas England has not even come remotely close to winning any match. The fourth Ashes Test will be played in Melbourne from 26 December. Even before the fourth Test was played, Australia has announced the last 12 players, in which the team’s regular captain Pat Cummins is not included. In his absence, Steve Smith will be seen captaining.

Australia vs England The third Ashes Test was played in Adelaide, in which Steve Smith did not play. Smith is making a comeback and will be the captain of the team in the absence of Pat Cummins. Let us tell you that this will be the last test match between any teams for the year 2025. Fast bowler Jhay Richardson has returned, who has not played any Test match for Australia after 2021.

In the press conference held before the fourth Test, Steve Smith told that he will captain the Australian team in the last two Test matches. Pat Cummins is out of the series due to injury. Smith has also clarified the situation regarding the batting position of Usman Khawaja. Usman Khawaja will play at number 5 in the fourth Test, but he also said that the playing eleven will be selected from these 12 players on the morning of the match.

Captain Smith also made it clear that Australia will play with 4 fast bowlers and there will be no spinner in the playing eleven. Travis Head, who played a memorable inning of 170 runs in the second innings of Adelaide Test as an opener, can also open in Melbourne.

Australia’s 12 players for the fourth test: Travis Head, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Usman Khawaja, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Brendon Doggett, Michael Neser, Jhye Richardson.

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The second Ashes Test between Australia and England will be played at the historic Gabba ground in Brisbane from 4 December. Before that, the Australian team has suffered a setback, because Usman Khawaja has been ruled out of the second test due to injury. Khawaja suffered a back injury during the first Test match played in Perth. The Kangaroo team has not yet announced the replacement of Khawaja. On the other hand, England has declared its playing eleven for the Gabba Test, in which there has been a major change.

Usman Khawaja was able to score only 2 runs while playing in an innings in the Perth Test. When he came to practice on Tuesday, he was seen struggling with back pain. This was a clear indication that Khawaja has not yet recovered from the injury. Josh English or Beau Webster can come in the playing eleven as his replacement. Although this has not been confirmed yet.

Josh English can be included in Australia’s playing eleven for the second test, who is coming after scoring a century against England Lions last week. The English can bat opening, allowing Travis Head to return to the middle order. Due to Khawaja’s injury, Travis Head opened in the second innings of the first Test.

England made a change

England, coming after losing the first test by 8 wickets, has made a major change in its playing eleven. Injured Markwood is out, spin bowling all-rounder Will Jacques has come in his place in the final-11. Jacques made his Test debut in the year 2022 against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. In the very first match, he created a sensation by taking a 6-wicket haul.

England’s playing eleven for the second test: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer.

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Aus vs wi 2nd test: In the second Test match being played between Australia and West Indies, the Caribbean bowlers have completely brought the Kangaroo team to the backfoot. The Australian team was all out for just 286 runs on the first day of this Test being played in St. George, Granada. Due to rain, only 66.5 overs a day were thrown, but even in this short time, West Indies bowlers performed amazing.

From the beginning, Australia on the backfoot

After winning the toss, the situation was bad from the beginning of the Australian team to bat first. Opener Sam Constas scored 25 runs, while the second opener Usman Khwaja returned to the pavilion after scoring 16 runs. Cameron Green, who came to bat at the third number, scored 26 runs and after that the Travis Head also scored 29 runs, but all of them could not convert a good start into a big score and returned to the pavilion.

The biggest shock came when senior batsman Steve Smith, who was returning from the injury, was dismissed by just 3 runs and he proved to be a flop once again.

Carrie and webster shown courage

When the team’s score was 5 wickets for 110 runs, the match was seen slipping from Australia’s hand. In such a situation, BU webster scored 60 runs and Alex Carrie scored 63 runs and shared 112 runs for the sixth wicket and brought the team to a respectable score.

After the partnership of these two, Pat Cummins added 17 runs for the team, Nathan Lion scored 11 and Josh Hazlewood scored 10 runs. Mitchell Starc could also score only 6 runs and after Steve Smith he was the second batsman who did not reach double points.

West Indies bowlers wreak havoc

In this match, once again the West Indies bowlers presented their sharp bowling view. Aljari Joseph put the deadliest spell. He took 4 wickets for 61 runs in 15.5 overs. Jayden Seals got 2 wickets in their account. Shamar Joseph, Anderson Philip and Justani Greaves broke Australia’s batting back with one wicket each. In the first Test, the way Shamar Joseph and Jayden Seals took wickets, this time the responsibility of the wicket was taken by Aljari Joseph and brought the team to another strong position.

Usman Khwaja created history

Even though Usman Khwaja could score only 16 runs in this match, but during this time he has completed 6000 runs in Test cricket. He has become the 16th player of Australia to achieve this feat. 38 -year -old Khwaja has achieved this figure in 149 innings of 83 Test matches. His name is also recorded in 16 Test centuries. This achievement makes them stand in the alit list of Australian batsmen.

Rain became obstructed

The first day’s game was affected by the rain, and only 66.5 overs were played, but in the meantime the match has reached a thrilling turn. Now everyone’s eyes will be on the Australian bowlers. Will they return to the match by covering the West Indies cheaply? Or will the Caribbean batsmen put more pressure on Australia?