Captain Cook puts back trouble behind him England's Jonathon Trott plays a sweep shot during the tour match against Western Australia Chairman's XI in Perth. ENGLAND captain Alastair Cook has overcome back trouble and is on track to return for the next tour game against Australia A, paceman Chris Tremlett says. Cook was forced to miss the current three-day match against the Western Australia Chairman's XI after arriving in Perth with a stiff back following the long flight from London. But Tremlett believes Cook will be ready to play in the four-day game against Australia A, starting in Hobart on Wednesday. "By all accounts he's feeling a lot better," he said. I think he had a stiff back over the last couple of days. But he's been in the nets and in the gym, and he's been in good spirits in the dressing room. Fast bowler Stuart Broad, star batsman Kevin Pietersen and spinner Graeme Swann were also rested from the game, but are expected to feature in Hobart. During England's 3-1 series win on their last tour of Australia in 2010/11, Cook scored 766 runs at an average of 127.66. Australia, which has lost the past three Ashes series, is fighting to reverse a 3-0 defeat in England earlier this year. The first Test starts in Brisbane on November 21. Meanwhile, England's top-order batsmen did what their bowlers couldn't and played their way into form in the opening match of their Ashes tour against the Western Australia Chairman's XI. At stumps on the second day, England were 2-270 on a lifeless WACA pitch in reply to the home team's 5-451 declared. Jonathan Trott, who survived a confident lbw appeal early in his innings, was on 64, while Ian Bell was unbeaten on 77 as the pair spent valuable time in the middle ahead of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba starting on November 21. Opener Joe Root was the only England batsman who failed to cash in and he became the only player dismissed for under 50 in the three-day match when he was trapped lbw for 36. Fellow opener Michael Carberry made 78 against an impotent bowling attack. Looking in good touch, Bell had been at the crease for 154 minutes and faced 137 balls, hitting 11 fours and two sixes, while Trott had faced 135 balls, spiced with eight boundaries. Bell, in particular, shapes as a key player in the upcoming Test series, after topping the aggregates in the series in England earlier this year, with 562 runs at 62.44. While Bell and Trott took their opportunity to acclimatise to Australians conditions, England's fringe fast bowlers were most disappointing in the Chairman's XI first innings, struggling against a second-string state team. Test hopefuls Steven Finn (1-123), Boyd Rankin (1-92) and Chris Tremlett (0-88) claimed just two wickets between them, with the tourists also putting down three catches. Every WA batsman reached 50 apart from Tom Triffitt, who was unbeaten on 18. Queenslander Chris Lynn top-scored with 104. Agencies