Brisbane, Dec. 4 -- Australia have left out veteran spinner Nathan Lyon in favour of an all-out pace attack for the second Ashes Test against England in Brisbane on Thursday.

The Aussies made two changes to the side that won in Perth, with Michael Neser replacing Lyon and Josh Inglis replacing injured opener Usman Khawaja.

Travis Head will open the batting in Australia's innings, though the hosts bowl first with England's Ben Stokes winning the toss, as per the ICC website.

Pat Cummins, who was touted for a potential return for the match, remains out through injury. Fast bowler Neser has seven Test wickets across his two Test appearances thus far, squeezing Lyon out of the side, who misses just the second home Test match since his debu...