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Some might say it's just not cricket, but Australian cricketers will use the English balls in domestic competitions next year to help them familiarise themselves to the English style of play for the Ashes in 2019.

In Australia, the flatter Australian Kookaburra ball is used instead of the English Dukes version.

Marcus North, a former test cricketer for Australia, says that because his country hasn't won a test series in England for 15 years, it's time to look at different ways of preparing.

(Photo: Australia's Steve Smith is dismissed by Stuart Broad of England during the Nottingham Ashes Test in 2015. Credit: Getty)