Ashes 2017: Moeen Ali only Test player set to feature in two-day warm-up match ahead of third Test
England will face a Cricket Australia XI at the Waca in Perth
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Your support makes all the difference.Moeen Ali is to captain an England XI in a two-day warm-up match ahead of the third Ashes test in Perth.
The 30-year-old all-rounder is the only player in the side who took part in the second test in Adelaide to feature in the game against a Cricket Australia XI.
England are currently 2-0 down in the series after losing the day/night test by 120 runs and will be hoping to made amends when the next test starts at the Waca on December 14.
The two-day warm-up game will start on Saturday at Richardson Park in Perth.
Despite being named in England’s ODI squad for the series against Australia, neither Ben Stokes nor Alex Hales are included in the squad, meaning that call-ups for the third Test remain unlikely.
The 12 man squad has been named by the ECB as: Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Mason Crane (Hampshire), Tom Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Keaton Jennings (Lancashire), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), and Mark Wood (Durham).
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