England white-ball coach Matthew Potts has described Australia's Test selection for the Ashes series as "weird." Australia, who will play India in the World Test Championship immediately following the completion of the Indian Premier League, will meet England in an attempt to retain the Ashes series. Australia's roster contains only four seamers, with Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh included as fast bowling all-rounders.

Potts told Sky Sports ahead of the series that it was unusual for Australia to select only four pacers for the Ashes, because fast bowlers require recuperation and must be rotated throughout a long bilateral trip. "Yeah, I saw that when they chose the four seamers.

I thought that was a strange choice, but they do have some seamers over here, Michael Neser, who played for Glamorgan, is over here and fit, so they will have people they can call on and bring into the squad should they need them, and as for us needing eight fit seamers, I think it's only right that we have that depth in the squad to call on if we need it," Matthew Potts said in an interview with Sky Sports.

England skipper Ben Stokes previously stated that he will request quick and flat wickets during the Ashes to complement their Bazballing style of cricket. Australia, who have demonstrated the strength of their bowling assault in all circumstances this season, will require a fit and ready fast bowling attack to compete with Ben Stokes' England, who have crushed all teams in the last ten months.

"Fast bowlers need to be rested and rotated, and five matches in six weeks is a tall order for anyone." "I think it would be good if I could be in and around that, which is something I hope to achieve," Potts remarked.

Squads:

Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, David Warner