Australian captain Pat Cummins is set to be named in the squad for the second Ashes Test against England.
The star bowler missed the first Test win in Perth due to a back stress injury that threatened to rule him out for the entire series.
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But he bowled in the Perth nets and backed that up on Tuesday with another session at Cricket NSW headquarters, while bowling with the pink ball.
At the Sydney session, Cummins was joined by fellow injured paceman Josh Hazlewood, who is not expected back from a hamstring injury for the day-night Test which starts next Thursday.
Australia are expected to name a squad of 15 with no other changes aside from the addition of Cummins.
Opener Usman Khawaja will be included, but is no certainty to keep his place after struggling with back spasms during the first Test.
Pat Cummins is set to be included in the squad for the second Test. Credit: Getty Meanwhile, Brendan Doggett is mentally prepared and physically ready to play should he remain in the team.
Doggett took match figures of 5-78 on debut in the eight-wicket win over England, but looms as the obvious omission should Cummins be in the final XI.
Australia coach Andrew McDonald said this week that the decision on Cummins will likely be made at the last minute.
“There’s a lot of positives there, but now it’s just really building that resilience there, and making sure that we’re not putting him in harm’s way in terms of accelerating it too much,” he said.
“But it will be a genuine discussion leading into this Test match, and that may be one that eventuates late for us.”
Doggett, 31, will prepare as though he is playing.
“Pat is looking pretty good in the nets now so we will see where that lands,” Doggett said on Thursday.
“I am going to control what I can control, keep ticking the legs over and keep bowling and trying to improve in every session and game. If I get called on in that second Test I feel like I am ready to go again.”
The South Australia quick was asked directly if he’d had any word from selectors about whether he would make way for Cummins.
“There have been no conversations whatsoever,” he said.
“We are soaking in the win and letting everyone get back to their families. We arrive in Brisbane on Sunday so I assume conversations will start there about what the line-up looks like for the second Test.”
Doggett said he did not have a lot of pink-ball experience but would be ready to adapt to the conditions at the Gabba.
He beat the bat with good length deliveries in Perth but his wickets came from short-pitched deliveries that the England batsmen found too hot to handle.
“It was a pretty hectic week on and off the field for me. Obviously it was nice to get the win and watch Travis Head go to town in that fourth innings,” he said.
“I didn’t imagine it being a two-day Test and Trav scoring a 69-ball hundred but the crowd and atmosphere were amazing and all my friends and family were there to support me. It is what I dreamt of so glad to get that one off my chest.”
Debate continues over whether Travis Head should stay as an opener in Brisbane or if selectors should give Khawaja another crack at his home ground after back spasms and their aftermath prevented him opening with Jake Weatherald in WA.
In-form Queensland opener Matt Renshaw is another candidate.
“I’ll leave that talk to the batters,” Doggett said.
“I don’t think it is up to the bloke that bats at No.11 to be honest.”
– With AAP