England last night revealed the XI that will take on the Aussies at the Gabba today.
Fast bowler Jake Ball will take his place in the side after overcoming an ankle injury, to join fellow pacemen James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes in a four-man pace attack.
Spinning allrounder Moeen Ali is set to be elevated to No.6 in the batting order in the absence of Ben Stokes, while Johnny Bairstow will bat at No.7.
Mark Stoneman will open the batting the batting with Alastair Cook, while the relatively inexperienced pair of James Vince and Dawid Malan will bat at three and five respectively.
England XI: Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Joe Root (c), Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Jimmy Anderson, Jake Ball.
Ball will play his first Test since last December, where he played in England's 4-0 loss in India. He replaced Craig Overton.
"It wasn't an easy decision," said skipper Joe Root.
"Craig has come into the squad and everything asked of him he's done really well.
"All the players on their first tour have impressed and it's great that the whole squad seems to be performing.
"Jake has bowled well when he's had his opportunity on the tour and the way he goes about things on these surfaces could be really challenging for the Australians."
