England skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bat in the second Ashes Test against Australia, which is a day/night, pink-ball contest in Brisbane on Thursday.

Australia are heading into the fixture with a commanding victory by eight wickets in the series opener. The match finished in just two days with a brilliant hundred from Travis Head, and a 10-wicket haul from Mitchell Starc squared off the game for the Aussies.

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“We are going to have a bat. Different conditions here. You give yourself the best chance when you bat. We’ve had extra time to build up for this game. The guys are raring and ready to go. I’m not too sure (how the wicket is going to play), to be honest. A lot of people look at the wickets and say it’s going to do this, it’s going to do that, but you ne

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