Cricket-England’s Billings will be “100% complete” if given a test debit in Hobart

– Wicketkeeper striker Sam Billings said he was “100% ready” to make his audition debut if he gets a nod to the final Ashes test against Australia in Hobart after being brought on the England team to protect injured Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow. .

Billings, 30, was recently playing in Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League Twenty20 and is scheduled to play in England. T20I series against the West Indies after the end of the Ashes series.

Australia has already retained the urn after winning the first three Ashes tests. The fifth and final match will be played at Bellerive Oval in Hobart from 14-18. January.

The fourth experiment in Sydney was drawn.

“I’m 100% ready when needed and will definitely give my all,” Billings told reporters on Monday. – My game is in a good position. It has been in a longer form for the past three years for Kent.

“I’ve played steady cricket and scored goals. It doesn’t really matter what form it is, but more about rhythm, self-confidence and way of thinking.

“As with any side I go to, I try to make a positive impact on the field and beyond, in any environment I find myself in.”

Buttler, who returns to England before the fifth test, suffered a blow to his left forefinger, while Bairstow struck through the pain on the way to a rough hundred after Pat Cummins hit his thumb.

Billings praised Buttler, Bairstow and Ben Stokes for their willingness to play through injury in the fourth test.

“The three guys who came to beat Sydney were injured, that’s incredible courage,” Billings added.

“That’s what every English cricket is all about – playing for each other and that flexibility. We can take a lot of inspiration from it as a group, the character and the attitude of the over-dead body. “