Squad changes for England Australia Melbourne Test

The boxing day match would be a blockbuster game of the year as Australia looks towards a 3-0 sweep and an easy win of the Ashes series and a determined England playing hardball. The third Ashes Test is scheduled to take place in Melbourne and visitors have made four changes to arrest their losses with Opener Rory Burns and middle-order batsman Ollie Pope being sidelined to bring in Zak Crawley and Jonny Bairstow.

From the bowling lineup, Fast bowler Mark Wood and spinner Jack Leach replaced Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes as England approach the test as a must-win to keep Ashes alive. While the winning squad of Australia adds captain Pat Cummins who missed the last two matches and hand Scott Boland his test debut by leaving out Michael Neser and Jhye Richardson from the squad this time.