{"id":386888,"date":"2026-01-02T13:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/386888\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:13:10","slug":"england-name-squad-for-fifth-test-gus-atkinson-injured-replacement-teams-australia-v-england-reaction-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/386888\/","title":{"rendered":"England name squad for fifth test, Gus Atkinson injured, replacement, teams, Australia v England, reaction, news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>England have cut their squad down to 12 for the fifth and final Ashes Test at the SCG, with the visitors making at least one change to the team that beat Australia in Melbourne<\/p>\n<p>Paceman Gus Atkinson is out with a hamstring injury and has been replaced by Matthew Potts.<\/p>\n<p>Watch The Ashes 2025\/26 LIVE and ad-break free during play with FOX CRICKET on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1767151629_407_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Potts has played in ten Tests for England. He took two wickets for England against the Australian Prime Minister\u2019s XI on November 29.<\/p>\n<p>Specialist spinner Shoaib Bashir hasn\u2019t been sighted this series but could be another change England make for the final Test. <\/p>\n<p>Bashir remains in the 12 and it\u2019s likely either him or Will Jacks will be 12th man for the Pink Test.<\/p>\n<p>ENGLAND\u2019S SQUAD &#8211; 5TH TEST<\/p>\n<p>Ben Stokes (C)<\/p>\n<p>Zak Crawley<\/p>\n<p>Ben Duckett<\/p>\n<p>Joe Root<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Bethell<\/p>\n<p>Harry Brook<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Smith (WK)<\/p>\n<p>Will Jacks<\/p>\n<p>Brydon Carse<\/p>\n<p>Josh Tongue<\/p>\n<p>Matt Potts<\/p>\n<p>Shoaib Bashir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England have cut their squad down to 12 for the fifth and final Ashes Test at the SCG,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,689,20341,207560,11096,143709,17071,2105,4517,38709,33835,17066,161599,44209,647,673,677,207561,85,670,70541,660],"class_list":["post-386888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-ben-duckett","tag-cricket-squad","tag-daniel-nuttall","tag-england-captain","tag-gareth-copley","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-hamstring-injury","tag-jacob-bethell","tag-jamie-smith","tag-joe-root","tag-matthew-potts","tag-mcgrath-foundation","tag-melbourne","tag-new-south-wales","tag-oceania","tag-paceman-gus-atkinson","tag-sports","tag-sydney","tag-usman-khawaja","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}