England spinner Shoaib Bashir struggled on the final day of the Ashes warm-up against the Lions, perhaps raising the prospect of the tourists picking an all-pace frontline attack for the series opener against Australia in Perth from Friday.

Bashir went at almost seven runs an over as he recorded figures of 1-83 from 12 overs bowling for the senior England team, having taken 1-68 from 12 while playing for the Lions on day two at Lilac Hill.

With England quick Mark Wood cleared of injury after suffering a tight hamstring while bowling eight overs on day one of the tune-up fixture, the tourists could pick a bowling unit of Wood, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Brydon Carse and Gus Atkinson at Optus Stadium.

In that scenario, Josh Tongue would be Wood's most likely deputy should Stokes' side fee

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