Ashes 2021-22: Warner declared fit for day-night Test, Richardson makes Australia return

Warner
was
in
doubt
for
the
blockbuster
day-night
showdown
at
Adelaide
Oval,
starting
Thursday,
after
the
opener
did
not
bat
or
field
in
the
second
innings
of
Australia’s
nine-wicket
rout
of
England
in
Brisbane
last
week.

But
Warner
–
who
scored
94
runs
in
the
opening
innings
of
the
first
Test
–
has
been
declared
fit
to
play
after
Australia
captain
Pat
Cummins
confirmed
his
XI
on
Wednesday.

David
Warner
named
ICC
men’s
player
of
month
for
November

“He’ll
be
right,”
Cummins
told
reporters.
“He
had
a
bat
yesterday,
batted
with
a
bit
of
discomfort
but
knowing
Davey,
he’s
not
going
to
miss
this
one.
Once
adrenaline
and
everything
kicks
in,
[he’ll
be]
a
little
bit
sore
but
he’ll
be
fine.

“It’s
one
thing
batting
in
the
nets
but
another
thing
when
you
walk
out
and
it’s
a
packed
crowd.
I
don’t
think
he
had
any
kind
of
painkillers
or
anything
yesterday.

Travis
Head:
Neser,
Richardson
in
contention
to
replace
injured
Hazlewood
in
2nd
Ashes
Test

“He’s
played
close
to
90
Tests,
I’m
sure
a
lot
of
them
have
been
played
in
discomfort
or
with
[niggles]
going
into
the
game.
He’ll
be
fine
tomorrow.”

Meanwhile,
Jhye
Richardson
will
make
his
international
return
for
Australia
after
replacing
injured
paceman
Josh
Hazlewood
(side
strain)
–
the
only
change
to
the
starting
XI.

Richardson
got
the
nod
ahead
of
Michael
Neser
for
the
pink-ball
Test,
having
not
featured
for
Australia
in
cricket’s
longest
format
since
his
debut
in
2019.

Ashes
2021-22:
Australia
pacer
Josh
Hazlewood
ruled
out
of
second
Test

The
Australia
attack
will
be
licking
their
lips
at
the
prospect
of
doing
more
damage
with
the
pink
ball,
where
they
will
be
hunting
what
would
be
a
sixth
win
in
seven
matches
in
the
longest
format
in
Adelaide.

No
side
has
a
better
record
than
Australia’s
eight
out
of
eight
in
day-night
Tests,
while
England
have
lost
three
day-nighters
out
of
four
and
their
only
victory
was
against
West
Indies
in
2017.

Australia
XI:
Marcus
Harris,
David
Warner,
Marnus
Labuschagne,
Steve
Smith,
Travis
Head,
Cameron
Green,
Alex
Carey,
Pat
Cummins
(c),
Jhye
Richardson,
Mitchell
Starc,
Nathan
Lyon.