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The English side has left decisions open for the first Ashes Test by selecting off-spinner Bashir in a twelve-player team together with five fast bowlers

The fast bowler has been passed fit and appears likely to feature facing the hosts in Perth Stadium on the coming Friday, with the last selection probably coming down to off-spinner Bashir and seamer Carse

Pitch Conditions

If the visitors select an all-pace attack - four dedicated bowlers plus multi-skilled player Stokes - it would arguably be the most rapid assembly of seamers they have fielded in an Ashes Test in Australia

Recently local pitch curator the curator said to expect "speed and bounce" from the pitch at the stadium, and it looks possible England will follow a traditional approach of an pace-only strategy

However the visitors have also noted a dryness to the surface, bringing the off-spinner into consideration

Spinning Options

Throughout the limited timeframe of this venue - five prior matches have been played here - Australian spin bowler the experienced spinner is the leading wicket-taker with 29

England have supported the young spinner, 22, as their first-choice spinner for since last year and in recent months he became the most youthful English bowler to reach 50 wickets in Test matches

However he has missed a competitive game since securing the concluding scalp in a thrilling win over India in the third match at Lord's in recently

Recent Issues

The spinner has been out with a broken finger and struggled in the sole practice game against the development squad, posting match figures of 2-151 from his bowling spell

This presents the possibility of the spinner playing in an Test against Australia without being affiliated with a county

His deal at the domestic team concluded at the finish of the English season

Probable Team

Nevertheless, an England team including Wood, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, skipper Ben Stokes and Carse - every one of them are likely to hit 90 miles per hour - stays the expected conclusion

The opening match commences at 2:20 AM GMT on Friday, with instant commentary, Test Match Special commentary and in-play highlights available

Team Selection

England squad for series opener: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Pope, Root, Harry Brook, Stokes (leader), Smith (gloveman), Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Wood, Archer, Bashir

Past Experience

Although a several successful Ashes campaigns at home and abroad have been built on pace, they have not previously selected as numerous fast bowlers in the same team

The side that succeeded at domestically in the celebrated contest of 2005 included Harmison, Simon Jones and Flintoff

The captain's triumphant visitors to the host nation in 1970-71 had Willis, Peter Lever and John Snow, and the English side that won in 1954-55 included Brian Statham and Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson

Present Circumstances

This time around - one of the most eagerly anticipated England-Australia contests in modern times - England are aiming to change an awful record - they have failed to win a Test in the host country since that year

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

"This could represent an advantage," he mentioned to media outlets

"There have been a many cricketers who have said they have had some tough times down under

"Regarding our team, we are a quite calm, highly optimistic team

"No bad memories

"It's exhilarating

"The entire team views it as a huge opportunity to achieve something remarkable"

Opposition News

The host team's practice session on recently was temporarily interrupted by the risk of storms

The hosts are likely to hand a first cap to batsman Weatherald, with uncapped fast bowler Brendan Doggett also being included following health issues to captain Pat Cummins and teammate Josh Hazlewood