The English team Include Bashir in Team for The Ashes series First Test

The tourists have maintained flexibility for the first Ashes Test by including spin bowler the young spinner in a 12-man squad combined with five fast bowlers

The fast bowler is declared fit and seems set to play versus the Aussies in Perth on the weekend, with the final decision possibly involving the young spinner and seamer the seamer

Pitch Conditions

Should England choose an all-pace attack - four specialists along with all-rounder Stokes - it would possibly be the most rapid assembly of bowlers they have fielded in an Ashes match in this country

Recently WA wicket preparer Isaac McDonald said to look for "fast and bouncy conditions" from the surface at the venue, and it seems likely the tourists will adhere to a long-standing plan of an pace-only strategy

Yet the tourists have also spotted a dryness to the surface, bringing Bashir into contention

Spinning Options

During the brief existence of the ground - five previous Tests have been hosted here - Australia spin bowler Nathan Lyon is the leading wicket-taker with 29 dismissals

The team have favored the young spinner, 22, as their main slow bowler for more than a year and in May he was recognized as the least experienced English bowler to achieve fifty wickets in Tests

Yet he has not played a competitive game following claiming the final wicket in a dramatic victory over India in the third match at the famous ground in summer

Recent Challenges

Bashir has been out with a finger injury and had challenges in England's only warm-up match against the Lions, recording match figures of two wickets for 151 runs from his bowling spell

This presents the scenario of him competing in an Test against Australia without being contracted with a first-class side

His deal at his county concluded at the end of the home summer

Probable Team

Still, an visiting team including Mark Wood, Archer, Gus Atkinson, captain Ben Stokes and Carse - every one of them are likely to hit 90mph - remains the probable result

The opening match commences at early morning GMT on Friday, with real-time updates, specialist radio coverage and in-play highlights accessible

Team Selection

England squad for initial Ashes match: Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Brook, Ben Stokes (captain), Jamie Smith (gloveman), Atkinson, Carse, Wood, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir

Team Background

Although a various successful Ashes campaigns at in England and overseas have been built on pace, they have not previously used as numerous fast bowlers in the equivalent side

The team that won at home in the celebrated contest of 2005 Ashes contained Steve Harmison, Jones and Flintoff

Illingworth's successful touring team to Australia in those years had Willis, Peter Lever and Snow, and the visiting team that succeeded in 1954-55 included Brian Statham and Tyson

Present Circumstances

On this occasion - one of the most eagerly anticipated England-Australia contests in recent years - the English team are hoping to reverse an poor history - they have been unable to secure a Test match in Australia since that year

Only five members of the sixteen-player group have experienced a international Test in Australia, but Atkinson comments that could benefit the English team

"It could be an positive," he told the press

"There have been a numerous athletes who have stated they have had difficult experiences here in Australia

"For us, we are a quite calm, highly optimistic team

"No negative experiences

"It's exhilarating

"The entire team views it as a massive chance to achieve something remarkable"

Australian Preparations

Australia's net session on Wednesday was briefly delayed by the risk of storms

The home side are likely to hand a first cap to batsman Jack Weatherald, with yet to debut seamer Brendan Doggett also coming in due to injuries to captain Cummins and teammate Josh Hazlewood