Jacks was a surprise selection for the tour.

Wildcard Will Jacks has been catapulted into England’s team for the second Ashes Test, with the all-rounder preferred to Shoaib Bashir in Brisbane.

Jacks, who made two Test appearances on the turning tracks of Pakistan three years ago and has been used exclusively in limited-overs cricket ever since, was a surprise selection for the tour but has now been thrust into a crucial day/night clash at the Gabba.

With paceman Mark Wood out injured, the tourists were always going to make one change to the team beaten in two days at Perth and preferred a slow bowling option over back-up seamers Josh Tongue and Matthew Potts.

Bashir has been England’s favoured spinner for most of the last two years, taking 68 wickets in 19 appearances while never manag

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