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Selecting all-rounders Green and Webster weakens Australia's batting, and could be a subtle indication they are trying to have enough overs at their disposal to protect their old pacers.

While right-hander Smith targets boundaries in front of him, left-hander Duckett has scored only 18% his career runs against pacers in the 'V'.

With a spring in his approach, his pace was lively and Stokes extracted more movement than the other England pacers.

And, while McCullum cannot make every decision from the sidelines, the fact England's attack was packed with tall, hit-the-deck pacers lands at his door.

He is one of the club's pacers and believes that Yoruba culture dominates what many in the UK and, globally, think of as "Nigerian".