England have won the toss and will bowl. Cook says "there's quite a lot of green grass and with the overheads, too. Don't think the pitch will change much." He confirms the three debuts and says he expects Root to "play a lot for England in the future".
[/size]Michael Clarke confirms the same XI with a smile on his face, the pays credit to the Australian physios who have kept his players fit. Also shows his knowledge of previous captains to name unchanged teams throughout a series.
[/size]Australia 1 Chris Rogers, 2 David Warner, 3 Shane Watson, 4 Michael Clarke (capt), 5 Steve Smith, 6 George Bailey, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Ryan Harris, 10 Peter Siddle, 11 Nathan Lyon
[/size]England 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Michael Carberry, 3 Ian Bell, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Gary Ballance, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 8 Scott Borthwick, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 James Anderson, 11 Boyd Rankin.