England have gone 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 they 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 is yet to score a Test century in Australia, and his bid for bi

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