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Fellow pace bowler Josh Hazlewood has also been bowling in training but is not expected to return in Brisbane.

"Again, the way the guys have stepped up, even though we didn't have our main bowler being Kagiso, you know, it was incredible," said Bavuma.

This new model, with a bigger seam, has offered pace bowlers more movement off the pitch.

Instead, only pace bowlers Josh Tongue and Matthew Potts, and batter Jacob Bethell – a trio not involved in the first Test – will leave the Ashes squad to join the Lions.

As a bowler, I would have always felt in the game against this England team.