Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting believes that the added pressure after the defeat in the opening Test match of Ashes 2023 would leave hosts England with a challenging task in the second.
Brendon McCullum, the current head coach of the England cricket Test team, has confirmed that the 33-year-old pace bowler Mark Wood will come into contention for selection at Lord's after missing the first Test.
Australia's skipper Ellyse Perry led her team from the bat after the visitors ended up losing both openers in the first session of the one-off Test match of the Women's Ashes 2023 series at the Trent Bridge on Thursday.
After two Tests against Pakistan in 2018, in which he scored 81 runs across four innings, with a best of 43, he did not feature in red-ball cricket till the 2019 Ashes series in England.
Most Australian players would like some days of rest before the second Ashes Test but that may not be the case with two of the side's most consistent batters. Australia won the first Ashes Test without much contribution from this prolific pair as they could score only 35 runs among them.