Stuart Broad: "I could've had a positive influence" at the Gabba

Both Broad and James Anderson, who was not risked in Brisbane, are expected to come into the team for the second Test at the Adelaide Oval

Stuart Broad has insisted he was ready to play in the first Ashes Test and remains convinced he could have had a "positive influence" for England.

Broad, a veteran of 149 Test maches, was left out of the England side in favour of Jack Leach at the Gabba, a decision which was met with plenty of criticism at the time and even more in the wake of Australia's nine-wicket success.

Captain Joe Root defended the selection after the game, saying  "we have to be brave, we have to look to do things differently to previous tours".

Both Broad and James Anderson, who was not risked in Brisbane, are expected to come into the team for the second Test at the Adelaide Oval.

^{Stuart Broad missed out on the first Test (Chris Hyde/Getty Images)}

"I love Ashes cricket, love bowling at the Gabba and feel like I could've had a positive influence on a pitch like that," he wrote in his Mail on Sunday column.

"Of course, in my mind I was 100 per cent preparing to play and that's especially important given my role. As a new-ball bowler, you are faced with bowling one of the most high-pressured deliveries in world sport."

Broad is understood to have taken the decision not to play him at the Gabba well, and ran the drinks alongside Anderson for much of the match.

"Over the past 12 months, Jimmy and I tried to ensure we were as fit as could be in the current Covid climate, ready to go and available for all five Tests in Australia. I think we ticked that box - but England selection is not in the hands of players," he continued.

"It is in those of people who have to make choices based on conditions and the balance of the team and our job now with four matches to go is to be ready for the next [Test]."

England could well go into the second Test with a four-pronged seam attack.

The game is to take place under the lights at the Adelaide Oval, with England hopeful of generating movement with the pink ball.

^{Broad will likely return at Adelaide with James Anderson (Chris Hyde/Getty Images)}

Leach's place is under threat, with Anderson and Broad to return. The left-arm spinner was on the end of severe treatment from Australia's batsmen at Brisbane, going for 103 from 14 overs.

He will almost certainly give way to one of Broad and Anderson, with the other possibly coming into the team for Chris Woakes.

"What we mustn't do is carry negatives with us for the next month. We've done that on Ashes tours past and consistently lost. We must pretend it's 0-0 in a four-match series and go again," Broad wrote.

"Timing is very important in floodlit Test matches. Conditions change very quickly in certain periods, so you have to recognise them and adapt."

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