Australia v England 2nd Ashes Test preview: 74% of punters backing another Aussie win with bet365

The second Ashes Test gets underway in the early hours of Thursday morning in Brisbane, with England looking for revenge for their first Test drubbing by Australia.

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England will be out for revenge in Brisbane with the second Ashes Test starting in the early hours of Thursday morning following what turned out to be a thrashing by Australia in the first Test in Perth.

Ben Stokes’ England side had got themselves into a fantastic position in first Test, at one point 65/1 on the second day with a lead of 105, only to be all out for 164 and see Australia chase down 205 inside 30 overs with one of the all-time Ashes centuries from Travis Head before the end of day two.

Almost two weeks on from the end of the first Test, Ben Stokes has announced a surprise call up to the XI for Will Jacks, the part-time spinning all-rounder who has just two Test caps to his name, and none since the tour of Pakistan in 2022.

Jacks comes in for Mark Wood, leaving England still with a four-pronged pace attack and enabling the white-ball star to come in to offer a bit of spin, that perhaps might not be so essential in a pink-ball day/night Test Match, and will supposedly bat at number eight, leaving Brydon Carse at 10 and Jofra Archer at 11.

Australia have a small selection decision of their own to make, with Travis Head likely to keep his role at the top of the batting order after his match-winning century, particularly with Usman Khawaja ruled out after not recovering from his back problems that hampered his first Test performance.

Head’s move up the order and Khawaja’s unavailability means a spot has opened up in the middle order, with one of either wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis or tall seam-bowling all-rounder Beau Webster likely to fill the void, in what will likely be the only change for the hosts.

bet365 customers are favouring Australia in the 2nd Test with 74% of the ‘To Win Match’ stakes placed on the home side for the Brisbane day/night clash.

bet365’s Steve Freeth said: “Brisbane is traditionally a stronghold for Australia and punters are backing the hosts after their blink-and-you-miss-it first Test triumph in Perth.

“Mitchell Starc recorded a 10-wicket haul in the Ashes opener, but worryingly for England his figures with a pink ball in day/night Tests are far superior than in day/red ball matches and he could once again have a field day under the lights at the Gabba.”

Trading Insight (bet365)

Ashes 2^nd Test Winner

• Australia – 8/15 – 74.4%
• England – 21/10 – 19.3%
• Draw – 11/1 – 6.3%

Ashes Correct Score

• Australia to win 3-1 – 7/1 – 21.9%
• Australia to win 5-0 – 11/4 – 13.9%
• Australia to win 4-0 – 11/2 – 11.3%
• Draw 2-2 – 12/1 – 10.1%
• England to win 3-2 – 9/1 – 9.8%

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