Cricket Australia has made changes to its 13-member squad for the upcoming tour match against England Lions at the Lilac Hill Park in Perth. The game is set to get underway on Friday, November 21 — the same
day as the first Test of the Ashes 2025-26 as well. The hosts have added wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis to the squad, while another change has been made as Aidan O'Connor has also been replaced.
The side will be played Mackenzie Harvey while international stars like Jake Fraser-McGurk and Jhye Richardson apart from Inglis find a spot in the 13-man set-up. Since it is going to be a tour game and not counted as an official First-Class match, all players from the squad will be allowed to take part in the match, and there will be no Playing XI announced.
"Wicket-keeper batter Josh Inglis has been added to the CA XI squad for the upcoming four-day match against the England Lions at Lilac Hill. Additionally, Caelan Maladay replaces Aidan O’Connor in the squad named last week. All thirteen players will be allowed to play in the match," Cricket Australia said in its release on Thursday, November 20.
CA XI Updated Squad versus England Lions: Mackenzie Harvey (c), Caelan Maladay, Cameron McClure, Charlie Anderson, Jack Sinfield, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jake Scott, Jhye Richardson, Josh Inglis, Liam Blackford, Nivethan Radhakrishnan, Teague Wyllie, Xavier Crone
Ashes fever on
While the tour match is a shadow of the high-octane Ashes, both the teams are looking fully prepared ahead of the encounter, as the Steven Smith-led Australia have confirmed that Jake Weatherald and Brendan Doggett will be making their debut Test appearance. While Weatherald will be the opening partner to Usman Khawaja, the pacer may be seen as the third change after Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland.
Australia Playing XI for 1st Ashes Test 2025-26: Usman Khawaja, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (captain), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, and Brendan Doggett
England, on the other hand, have also named the 12 players, out of which one will be sitting out for the encounter at the Optus Stadium, Perth.
England squad: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Brydon Carse, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, and Shoaib Bashir
