After England lost the first Ashes Test by two wickets on a "soulless" Edgbaston pitch, ground staff at Lord's look to have prepared a green monster for the second Test starting Wednesday night.
The Edgbaston wicket was heavily criticised for its slow nature. While the flatter wicket helped England batters with their aggressive Bazball style of play, it also made it harder for their own fast bowlers to get a hold of the Australian batters in their own conditions.
Veteran English quick Stuart Broad described it as "soulless".
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Instead, ground staff have produced a much greener wicket that will likely see the ball move far more off the seam.
However, as green as the pitch may appear now, it will no doubt be mown and rolled again before play, which will take some colour out of it.
Broad and fellow quick Jimmy Anderson are the leading wicket-tackers in England's last four Tests at Lord's, with 14 each. The top-11 most successful bowlers at Lord's in that time are all quicks. Jack Leach is best of the spinners in 12th with just five wickets from his last three Lord's Tests.
Meanwhile, Aussie fast bowler Mitchell Starc said he's none the wiser of his place in the squad.
Starc was left out of the side that beat England by two wickets at Edgbaston, and has been tipped to replace Scott Boland for the Lord's Test.
But less than 48 hours from the toss, Starc said he's been given no indication by selectors or the coaching staff if he will play.
"I haven't gotten any indication either way, so your guess is as good as mine until the selectors decide," Starc told media.
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Just over two weeks since the World Test Championship final against India, Starc said he feels as though he's bowling better now than he was then.
"I probably came into that game feeling pretty good, but my rhythm wasn't quite there," Starc said. "So it's been a nice couple of weeks of work now to work back into that rhythm.
"I think we were all probably better for the run after that Test final at The Oval and I certainly feel less clunky now than I did through the game.
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"Hopefully that results in some good stuff if and when I play. It's all in good order. It's just about getting some time in the middle when my chance comes."
The Aussies welcomed a quick of a different sort to their training session on Monday evening (AEST), with Aussie F1 gun Oscar Piastri making an appearance.
The McLaren rookie had a bat and a bowl, but won't be making his Test debut any time soon.
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