Melbourne, Jan. 29 -- England will miss the services of right-arm seamer Kate Cross or the one-off Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), while two important Australian players make comeback in the squad in order to seek a series whitewash, as per the ICC official website.

Cross has failed to recover from the back injury that forced her to watch on from the sidelines during the ODI component of the ongoing Ashes series against Australia, with the veteran set to be replaced in England's XI by fellow pacer Ryana MacDonald-Gay or additional spinner.

"Kate Cross is unfortunately not going to be playing. She's been amazing. She's worked so diligently to try and get over her (back) injury. Worked really hard, but she ha...