The English are going all-out Bazball in their Ashes warm-up match in Perth, but they could be in for a rude shock when they front up to a far spicier pitch in the first Test.

The tourists have already copped widespread criticism for their decision to play only one warm-up match before the Ashes, and the heat is only set to intensify given the slow and low nature of the Lilac Hill pitch they are playing on.

The England Lions — effectively a second XI England side — were largely untroubled on the way to posting 375 from 79.3 overs on Thursday.

England went in to bat on Friday and raced to 0-182 from just 31.2 overs before openers Ben Duckett (92 off 97 balls) and Zak Crawley (82 off 101) fell in quick succession.

Joe Root's bid for big runs in Australia got off to a poor start when he w

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