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Editor's brief

This match hub is editor-led on the cricket desk. We open the fixture page once England team news clears sourcing and the verified squad list is locked. As soon as the match window opens we populate the live incident log from the press-conference round-up, the verified tour or tour-equivalent feed and the verified broadcaster feed; the desk will not publish incidents off rumours or single-source social posts.

Fixtures in this series

• England vs Australia · The Ashes · 2nd Test

What to watch

• Selection picture: Brendon McCullum has confirmed the XI at the pre-Test press conference. The decision is whether to play Chris Woakes (knee) or hand a debut to the Surrey seamer.
• Squad rotation: the rotation pattern across the last five fixtures is the data point we cross-reference against the press-conference notes. Three seamers plus one spinner on a Lord's surface offering early seam movement; the Bazball template means the new ball will be attacked regardless of scoreboard pressure.
• Injury report: Chris Woakes is the fitness doubt the desk is tracking. The return-to-play read and the verified medical update will be added to the live log as soon as the club statement is published.

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