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Brook described England’s position in the series as “crunch time”, adding that he wanted to be the man to step up in the pressure moments.

“Hopefully, I’ve obviously been thinking of that over the last few days,” he said. “Other lads will have been as well. These are the moments you want to turn up in, you want to be the man who turns up and puts them in a tough position.”

Brook admitted England have been getting greedy when making decisions under pressure.

“We’re such a good side when we’re sticking to one thing at a time and that’s something we haven’t done so far,” he said. “We’ve been looking too far ahead. We had a clear message yesterday to stay in the moment and stay present as much as possible.”

Australia’s team for third Test

Pat Cummins has been out since July with a back stress injury, but has returned to full fitness in Adelaide and will lead Australia. His team made two changes, with Cummins and Nathan Lyon returning in place of Michael Neser – despite his five-wicket haul in Brisbane – and Brendan Doggett.

That meant no place for Usman Khawaja, the opener who turns 39 on Thursday and has regained full fitness after missing the Brisbane Test with a back injury. However, batsman Steve Smith was a late omission.

Smith, who captained the hosts to victory in the first two Test matches, was named in his side’s XI on the eve of the match but withdrew on Wednesday morning.

His omission was confirmed by Cummins, returning to lead the side after a back injury, with Khawaja recalled in Smith’s absence.