England's Bethell, Potts and Tongue to play warmup game ahead of second test

England's Jacob Bethell, Matthew Potts and Josh Tongue were picked to play a day-night warmup match against the Australian Prime Minister's XI in Canberra, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Monday.

None of England's first test team will play in the pink ball tour game in Canberra.

Jacob Bethell, Matthew Potts and Josh Tongue have joined the Lions squad for the game - none of whom featured in the two-day test defeat in Perth.

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The three players did not feature in England's crushing eight-wicket defeat in Perth last week, a match that ended as the shortest Ashes test by overs bowled to produce a result since 1888.

"The England Men's Ashes test squad have released three players – Jacob Bethell, Matthew Potts, and Josh Tongue – to join the England Lions for their forthcoming two-day fixture against the Australian Prime Minister's XI in Canberra," ECB said in a statement.

The match will be a day-night fixture, played with the pink ball, starting on Saturday.

Australia head into the Brisbane test with momentum and an imposing record in day-night matches, having won 13 of their 14 tests played under lights, including all three against England.