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The tourists have left decisions open for the first Ashes Test by including spin bowler the young spinner in a 12-man squad together with five seamers

The fast bowler is declared fit and is expected to participate against Australia in Perth Stadium on the coming Friday, with the ultimate choice likely coming down to off-spinner Bashir and seamer the seamer

Ground Situation

Should England choose an all-pace attack - four specialists along with multi-skilled player Ben Stokes - it would potentially be the quickest collection of seamers they have deployed in an Test against Australia in the host nation

On Wednesday local wicket preparer McDonald stated to anticipate "fast and bouncy conditions" from the wicket at the stadium, and it appears probable England will stick to a traditional approach of an exclusively pace attack

However the tourists have also noted a arid quality to the surface, putting the off-spinner into contention

Slow Bowling Factors

In the short history of the ground - five prior matches have been played here - Australia spin bowler the experienced spinner is the top wicket-taker with 29

England have favored Bashir, 22, as their main slow bowler for over twelve months and in spring he achieved the most youthful English bowler to achieve 50 wickets in Test matches

However he has not played a official match after taking the last dismissal in a thrilling win over the Indian team in the third Test at Lord's in summer

Recent Challenges

The spinner has been out with a broken finger and struggled in the sole practice game against England Lions, recording combined figures of 2-151 from twenty-four overs

This creates the scenario of the spinner playing in an Test against Australia without being affiliated with a domestic team

The agreement at the domestic team expired at the end of the home summer

Likely Lineup

However, an English side containing Wood, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, leader Stokes and Brydon Carse - all of whom are capable of reaching 90 miles per hour - stays the probable result

The first Test commences at 02:20 GMT on Friday, with live text coverage, expert analysis and in-play highlights provided

Team Selection

Team lineup for first Ashes Test: Ben Duckett, Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Stokes (captain), Smith (wk), Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir

Past Experience

Even though a various successful Ashes campaigns at home and abroad have been constructed around fast bowling, they have not previously used as numerous fast bowlers in the identical lineup

The team that succeeded at domestically in the famous series of that year contained Harmison, Simon Jones and Flintoff

Raymond Illingworth's winning English side to Australia in those years had Bob Willis, Peter Lever and John Snow, and the England team that won in 1954-55 included Statham and Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson

Modern Context

In this instance - one of the most eagerly anticipated England-Australia contests in modern times - England are hoping to reverse an awful record - they have not won a Test in the host country since 2011

Merely five individuals of the sixteen-player group have played a international Test in Australia, but the bowler states that could help the visitors

"This could represent an benefit," he explained to media outlets

"There are a lot of players who have stated they have had some tough times in this country

"For us, we are a very relaxed, very positive squad

"No bad memories

"It's thrilling

"Everyone considers it a great possibility to do something special"

Opposition News

The host team's training on Wednesday was briefly delayed by the risk of storms

Australia are likely to provide an opportunity to batsman Weatherald, with new seamer Brendan Doggett also joining after fitness concerns to captain Cummins and fellow seamer Josh Hazlewood