Steve Waugh, the legendary former Australian captain, believes all rounder Moises Henriques should be considered for Australia's Ashes team. Australia's No.6 position is seemingly open with allrounders Glenn Maxwell, Hilton Cartwright and Marcus Stoinis seen as the frontrunners.

A trio of Sheffield Shield matches before the first Test starting on November 23 is seen as auditions for places in the Australian team. Waugh said selectors should consider Henriques, who played the last of his four Tests in Sri Lanka last year. "Moises Henriques has been in good form the last couple years in domestic cricket (and) I think he's ready to play Test match cricket again".

Adding on, he said that He is a very good player. It's good he's put his name back up there again. No.6 is up for debate, I guess it's Maxwell or Stoinis or maybe Henriques or maybe a couple of other options there. Australia has other selection issues, notably at wicketkeeper with incumbent Matthew Wade under fire after recent struggles.

Waugh said that Peter Nevill was doing a great job and got dropped and now Matthew Wade's actually improved his 'keeping and now they're talking about dropping him. "Nevill was the fall guy last time. He's a fantastic cricketer. But you've got to be fair to Matthew Wade now. He kept pretty well in the subcontinent. It's difficult to know where they go from there." 

Waugh said England would struggle without star allrounder Ben Stokes, who is in doubt for the Ashes after an off-field indiscretion last month. "England without Ben Stokes, if he doesn't come, I don't think they can win the Ashes," he said. "I think if it was anyone in the Australian side, they wouldn't be picked. You can't do that these days in public. It just didn't look good and it's a bad image for the game.

"I can't see England winning and it's too much pressure on Stuart Broad and James Anderson, and they're getting a bit older, and I can't see them playing five Test matches straight," he added. "I think Australia will win 3-1."