Head Coach Trevor Bayliss said England got everything they wanted out of the three warm-up games and was confident of defying their poor record at the Gabba when the First Test begins on Thursday and pulling off a huge upset. The tourists have eased through three warm-up games leading into the first Gabba Test, but Australian Bayliss expects the intensity to spike against Steve Smith’s team with the Ashes on the line. England are the holders of the urn after winning 3-2 at home in 2015, but were crushed 5-0 the last time the Ashes were played in Australia in 2013-14.
“Australia like to hit the opposition hard early and we have been talking about going hard ourselves,” Bayliss told.
“Over the three games we started slow, then built it up over the last couple of games.”
“An Ashes Test will see our intensity rise as high as it possibly can” he added.
