AUS vs ENG Dream11 Predictions - 1st Test Ashes 2021/22 | 8 Dec

It’s the Ashes 2021/22 and most people choose this series over the latest craze of T20 and T10 franchise leagues, but the intensity and level of competition is unmatched. This time, Australia starts as favourites plainly because they have a more set squad, with most of them playing in the last home Ashes series as well. The home turf is always an added advantage and they have no shortage of options, unlike their opponents.

England is bringing a team with a few new faces and it’s going to be tough for them especially here, where Australia had an unbeaten record since 1988, until India broke it when they toured Australia earlier this year. England even lost to India and prior to that, New Zealand at home, so signs aren’t great for them. Keep reading for our complete PlayerzPot (Use Code “READ1234“) AUS vs ENG 1st Test Dream11 predictions…

Match info

Tournament: The Ashes 2021/22.
Date: 8th December 2021, 5:30am IST.
Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia.
Capacity: 42,000+
Series status: First game of the 5-match series.

Recent form

AUS: L D L W W
ENG: W L W D L

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Numbers

Head to head in last 5 games, the teams are tied 2-2.
Australia – lost only one of their last 32 Tests here.
England – won only 4 of 21 prior Tests at this venue.
Cameron Green – 4 fifties in last 5 games across formats.

Australia

The Australian top order all loves batting at this venue, with David Warner leading the charge with 866 runs in 9 Tests here including 4 centuries and a fifty. He averages 60+ here and given his recent performance at the 2021 T20 World Cup where he won the player of the tournament award, he makes our AUS vs ENG 1st Test fantasy team while Marnus Labuschagne averages nearly 100 here with 399 runs in 3 games so far.

The current vice-captain Steve Smith also averages 60+ at this venue while we’re most excited about one player in Test specialist and all-rounder Cameron Green who will bat and ball and get us points in both departments, so he is the fantasy captain of our AUS vs ENG Dream11 team. They picked Mitchell Starc in the playing XI but our pacers are Josh Hazlewood coming off a successful T20 WC and IPL 2021, and the bowling machine and new captain Pat Cummins.

England

Last having appeared in The Hundred in July this year, Ben Stokes has been away from the game but he’s excited to return and make his father proud, and we’re super excited to see him back too. He’s another option of making fantasy captain or vice-captain for the 1st Test. With the ball, James Anderson got only 15 scalps in 4 games against India, so Chris Woakes is a better option, having a great T20 World Cup as well.

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While he doesn’t bowl much at the international level, we think Dan Lawrence is super talented and while he’s not proved that as yet at this stage, he makes our PlayerzPot (Use Code “READ1234“) AUS vs ENG fantasy team for the 1st Test. At the top, Rory Burns is going to be plenty more experienced than his opening partner, be it Haseeb Hameed or Dawid Malan, and a lot of responsibility rests on his shoulders.

Australia vs England – Ashes 2021/22 Betting

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AUS vs ENG Squads

Australia Squad

Pat Cummins (C), David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Jhye Richardson, Michael Neser, Mitchell Swepson, Usman Khawaja.

England Squad

Joe Root (C), James Anderson, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Dom Bess, Haseeb Hameed, Craig Overton.