England will play a Western Australia XI in a 50-over warm-up game at the WACA ahead of their ODI series against Australia in November - having been criticised for not facing any local opposition prior to their Ashes humbling last winter. England's sole Test match warm-up before being thrashed 4-1 was an intra-squad fixture held at club ground Lilac Hill, which in no way replicated the bouncy conditions they ultimately came up against in the series opener in Perth, a contest they lost inside two days. White-ball coach Brendon Mc Cullum, who was in charge of the Test side during the Ashes thrashing, had said last month that he was hoping to arrange some warm-up games this time around and his team will now take on the Western Australia XI on November 7.
The first one-day international against Australia on November 13 is also in Perth, at Optus Stadium, followed by matches in Adelaide on November 15 and Hobart on November 18. Mc Cullum's side will then meet their hosts in five T20 internationals, across Melbourne, Carrara, Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra. England are yet to name their squads for the tour but hope Jacob Bethell will be fit to return having missed the back end of the home summer following a knee injury and subsequent surgery.
Before that assignment, they will play an ODI tri-series in Pakistan, also featuring Sri Lanka, from October 20.
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