Former England manager Trevor Bayliss admits the touring bowlers volition request to travel up with "something a small different" to combat Australia's level pitches.
The Australian-born coach, who led England to an Ashes bid triumph successful 2015 astatine home, is wary of Australia's superstar gait trio of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc.
Speaking during a Sydney Thunder property conference, whom Bayliss volition instrumentality complaint of this BBL season, helium said helium expects Australia's trio to get much retired of the pitches than England.
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"The 3 big, gangly gait bowlers Australia person got person done a batch of harm implicit the past fewer years and person bowled highly good connected these level Australian pitches," Bayliss said.
"They're capable to bang the shot in, they've got bully pace, they're tall, and they're capable to get a spot much retired of it due to the fact that of that gait and other bounce.
"So that'll beryllium thing that the England batters volition person to negate. But arsenic we saw connected the past tour, they mightiness person mislaid 4-0 but connected antithetic occasions they showed they could people runs against that attack. It's astir that consistency and doing it Test aft Test, which I'm definite they'll beryllium looking for."
With Australia the favourites to clasp the Ashes urn, Bayliss said it is up to England's bowlers to recognise and set to the quality successful pitches compared to what they're accustomed to backmost home.
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"The England bowlers volition person to travel up with thing a small different," helium said.
"If you stray disconnected enactment present successful Australia, you tin get hurt. So it'll astir apt revolve around… being bully and close and consistent; not giving a batch distant and gathering unit that way.
"At home, the shot moves a batch much than it does present successful Australia. It brings their gait bowlers into it that are utilized to playing those conditions.
"Then successful Australia, the shot astir apt doesn't determination rather arsenic much."
One large boost England volition person heading into the Ashes series, which starts connected December 8 successful Brisbane, is the return to superstar all-rounder Ben Stokes.
Stokes was primitively near retired of England's 17-man squad owed to digit surgery, portion astatine the aforesaid clip taking an indefinite interruption from the crippled to woody with intelligence wellness issues.
Bayliss lauded Stokes' enactment and said his accomplishment volition beryllium to beryllium a "positive influence" connected the squad.
The 30-year-old Stokes had missed England's past circuit of Australia successful 2017-18 due to his engagement successful a highly publicised thoroughfare brawl.
"[It is] a monolithic bonus for him to beryllium disposable [given helium was] not present successful the past one," helium added.
"It's not conscionable his batting, bowling oregon fielding, helium is 1 of those guys who is simply a person wrong the group. He's a precise affirmative power connected the group.
"There were times erstwhile helium didn't play due to the fact that of wounded successful England and the squad felt his nonaccomplishment erstwhile helium wasn't there. When helium plays, helium surely is capable to resistance a batch much of the players on with him. He's got a never-say-die attitude… I'm rather definite they'll beryllium blessed to person him.
"I'm definite it'll beryllium a precise competitory series."
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