00:00It's silly season and it doesn't exclude anyone.
00:07Yeah, I know Travis Head's looking forward to lunch and he gets stuck into the prawns,
00:12he'll have more than everyone I can assure you.
00:14The Aussies enjoying yet another Christmas morning at the G with their nearest and dearest.
00:19But when the covers came off, it was all business.
00:22And the stand in Australia captain had this to say of his first inspection.
00:27Two mills of grass, quite furry, quite green.
00:30You've just got to play what surface you're presented with.
00:32And this one out here looks like it's going to offer a fair bit of assistance for the seam bowlers.
00:38And the weather throughout the week looks conducive for that too.
00:41Opting for an all pace attack leaves spinner Todd Murphy out.
00:45Certainly nothing to do with Todd's skill, we know he's a quality bowler.
00:50Smith returns from a near issue and with no Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon it means there's two spots to fill.
00:56Selectors are weighing up Michael Nisa, Brendan Doggett and Quick Jai Richardson who could end a four year drought between tests.
01:04Great set of skills, swings the ball both ways, seams it, accurate.
01:10Bit more skiddy than some of the others, he's a little bit shorter.
01:13The middle order is more certain.
01:15Josh Inglis has been squeezed out while Usman Khawaja holds his spot at five.
01:19Alex Carey will bat at six with Cam Green sliding down the order to seven.
01:24Cam obviously with the way his whole package is set up, you know, helped us out at number seven as well.
01:31So, yeah, that's the way we've gone this game.
01:33Side by side with the old enemy, it was a picture worth taking.
01:37Both sides held one final net session as England fight to save a miserable Aussie summer.
01:44Come tomorrow these seats will be filled with thousands of fans for the iconic Boxing Day test match.
01:50And while the Aussies have already sealed the Ashes series, they're confident there's still something to play for.
01:56Get ready for a sellout tomorrow here.
02:00It's going to be an amazing atmosphere and looking forward to that.
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