Australia pondering selection that could ram home Ashes edge after 'Travball' turned series on its head

With a view to adding more aggressive batting to the line up, Australian selectors are considering the addition of Mitchell Marsh later on in the Ashes series.

Marsh could be selected for the Brisbane Test but it's more likely that he will join the team down the track as Australia looks to counter England's Perth pace barrage, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

The report suggests that if Marsh is not selected for the Gabba, he will more than likely play his first Sheffield Shield match since last summer for Western Australia against Victoria at the MCG in the final round, starting December 4.

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Despite Travis Head's match-winning performance in Perth, selectors are wary of England's pace attack and want to match that aggression with an attacking mentality at the crease.

The report states Josh Inglis is also in the conversation.

England took five seamers into the Perth Test, relying on express pace to rattle the Australians. It worked in the first innings, but backfired in the second when Head took on the short-pitch bowling and won.

With the Gabba also a venue that offers extra pace and bounce, and it being a day-night format, the English may again go for a similar attack but aim to bowl at a different length.

The batting was problematic for the English, with five-wicket collapses in each innings costing them precious momentum. England was bowled out for 172 and 164 despite being in commanding positions at times and set Australia a target of 205 for victory. The Australians reached that quickly.

"To be honest I thought 200 was a good score, I thought it was a very defendable score," McCullum told the BBC. "We've got some work to do, no doubt. But one thing we won't be changing is our blueprint, we'll stay true to that."

Skipper Ben Stokes said his team needs to move past the crushing defeat quickly as the second Test has become a must-win for the tourists.

"I'm still very confident of our abilities and achieving the goal," Stokes said. "(It's going) to be so crucial about not taking any baggage from this result into Brisbane, because we need to win that one."

England's decision to not send players to play in an England Lions match in Canberra this weekend has come under heavy scrutiny.

The English team will instead incorporate more training sessions in Brisbane with two sessions on Monday and Wednesday under lights.

Usually, England train for two or three days before a Test.

England flew to Brisbane from Perth on Wednesday and will resume training on Saturday.