{"id":3939,"date":"2025-11-29T06:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T06:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/?p=3939"},"modified":"2025-11-29T06:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T06:21:09","slug":"australia-possible-11-for-2nd-ashes-test-at-the-gabba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/29\/australia-possible-11-for-2nd-ashes-test-at-the-gabba\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia possible 11 for 2nd Ashes Test at the Gabba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Australia\u2019s XI for the second Ashes Test at the Gabba is a hot topic of debate. The Perth Test finishing in just two days has given fans and pundits more time to speculate, especially given Travis Head&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cricblog.net\/news-ashes-2025-26-1st-test-reactions-to-all-time-travis-head-123-off-83-balls-as-australia-smash-england\/\">played a blinder of an innings<\/a>&nbsp;as opener in Australia\u2019s successful run chase of 205.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usman Khawaja didn\u2019t open the batting in either innings due to back spasms. According to reports, selectors are torn between playing Khawaja (if fit) or elevating Head to opener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, Pat Cummins has not been named in the second Test squad, as reported by&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricket.com.au\/news\/4410357\/australia-name-second-test-squad-ashes-gabba-brisbane-day-night-v-england-pat-cummins-update-khawaja-head?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cricket.com.au<\/a><\/em>. The selectors have decided to give him extra time to recover, although he trained strongly in Sydney on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-australia-possible-xi-for-2nd-ashes-test-at-the-gabba-1-usman-khawaja-2-jake-weatherald-3-marnus-labuschagne-4-steve-smith-c-5-travis-head-6-cameron-green-7-alex-carey-wk-8-mitchell-starc-9-nathan-lyon-10-scott-boland-11-brendon-doggett\"><strong>Australia possible XI for 2nd Ashes Test at the Gabba: 1. Usman Khawaja, 2. Jake Weatherald, 3. Marnus Labuschagne, 4. Steve Smith (c), 5. Travis Head, 6. Cameron Green, 7. Alex Carey (wk), 8. Mitchell Starc, 9. Nathan Lyon, 10. Scott Boland, 11. Brendon Doggett<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The big question is whether Usman Khawaja will remain in the XI. According to journalist Robbert Craddock, selectors are considering keeping Khawaja at opener, provided he is fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hearing that it\u2019s a really tight call [between Khawaja and Travis Head for opener],\u201d Craddock said on&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sen.com.au\/news\/2025\/11\/28\/ashes-travis-head-or-usman-khawaja-open-batting-brisbane-second-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SENQ Breakfast<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUsman is coming towards the end. This will be his last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s XI for the second Ashes Test at the Gabba is a hot topic of debate. The Perth Test finishing in just two days has given fans and pundits more time to speculate, especially given Travis Head&nbsp;played a blinder of an innings&nbsp;as opener in Australia\u2019s successful run chase of 205. Usman Khawaja didn\u2019t open the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3941,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3939\/revisions\/3941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}