England 's first training session at the Gabba on Sunday, ahead of the second Ashes Test , featured a couple of unfamiliar "dog-throwers".

With the Lions taking part in the Prime Ministers' XI match in Canberra , Matthew Potts and Josh Tongue with them, and the bowlers resting up after Saturday's session at Allan Border Field - only Ben Stokes sent deliveries down - net bowlers and coaches were working overtime. As were two new faces in England stash.

They were drafted in from the Sunshine Coast by bowling coach David Saker as reinforcements. And it was no coincidence that they were left-handed.

After Mitchell Starc blasted through England in the first Test at Perth to put Australia 1-0 up, the extra focus was a no-brainer. The tourists had no answers for Starc's brilliance as

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