England will come to Australia with a battery of pace bowlers spearheading their attempt to regain the Ashes, but with questions over their batting line-up and the fitness of several players.

The tourists have named 16 men for the five-Test series, including a shock pick as back-up spinner, and Harry Brook taking over from Ollie Pope as vice-captain. Eleven of the party have never played a Test in Australia.

England squad for 2025/26 men's Ashes series

Ben Stokes (captain)

Harry Brook (vice-captain)

Jofra Archer

Gus Atkinson

Shoaib Bashir

Jacob Bethell

Brydon Carse

Zak Crawley

Ben Duckett

Will Jacks

Ollie Pope

Matthew Potts

Joe Root

Jamie Smith (wicket keeper)

Josh Tongue

Mark Wood.

Chris Woakes, whose last act as an England player was to bat with a dislocated shoulder o

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