JOSH HAZLEWOOD AND MARK WOOD RULED OUT OF ENTIRE ASHES SERIES IN MAJOR BLOW TO BOTH TEAMS

England and Australia have each lost one of their top players from the Ashes campaign, as more disappointing news emerged on Tuesday.

Josh Hazlewood and England pace ace Mark Wood have both been ruled out for the remainder of the Ashes series.

McDonald also confirmed that Hazlewood has been dealing with a related Achilles problem.

With Nathan Lyon unexpectedly left out of the Australian XI for the pink-ball Test, the bowling unit in Brisbane looked very different from usual.