England and Australia square off in the 3rd ODI of the 3-matches ODI series at Old Trafford on Wednesday. Team Preview England snatched the victory from the jaws of the defeat in the second ODI to level the series 1-1 and took the series into the decider. England are the strongest side at home and they haven’t lost a single bilateral ODI series in the last 4-5 years. After a disappointing batting in the 2nd game, the bowlers saved the series defeat. They made a perfect comeback when Australia were 144/2, in the chase of 232. Archer and Sam Curran delivered breakthroughs with some terrific deliveries. England won the match by 26 runs and Archer declared man of the match. In the opening game, Australia won by 19 runs after a fighting knock of Sam Billings. Both sides have some slight concerns but England have more as they made errors in both games. Australia will see Steve Smith at top-order and Stoinis might be dropped. Morgan will go with the same eleven. The decider game would be more thrilling as the Old Trafford is providing decent cricketing conditions. Pitch Report Old Trafford, Manchester is offering help to spinners in the game, as we saw with Zampa and Rashid. It’s a good batting track if batsmen avoid unwanted errors against the new ball and the spin. Chasing might be tricky so batting first is an ideal call. The weather is pretty good in Manchester on Wednesday, a perfect ODI conditions. Possible XI England Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Billings, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer Australia David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood Key Players England Jonny Bairstow Adil Rashid Australia Aaron Finch Adam Zampa You've read the fantasy prediction. What are you waiting for now? Get ready to play fantasy cricket with MyTeam11 fantasy sports. Create fantasy cricket team on MyTeam11 & win cash daily.
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England and Australia face each other in the opening ODI fixture of the 3-matches ODI series at Manchester on Friday. Team Preview Australia makes travel to Manchester to change its fortune in the ODI series with England. Morgan has led England to its maiden ODI World Cup at Lord’s and they have already started their preparation in ICC’s new ODI Super League with a 2-1 victory against Ireland. The T20 success is also fresh and the pressure is again on Australia, despite winning the final T20I. Australia will also start their World Cup 2023 qualification process under Super League and the first assignment is against the number one ODI side. Australia had underperformed in ODI since its defeat to England in the World Cup semifinal. They had won only two games since then, losing the series against India and South Africa. Marnus Labuschagne will be back in the ODI squad who impressed with his batting since his ODI debut. England have also added Jason Roy in the ODI side and T20 performer Malan will join the side as cover. Australia is a good ODI side but lack of playing cricket in the last 6 months might trouble their game. Pitch Report The Old Trafford is a batting-friendly track and it offers good amount of runs, despite having a sluggish behavior of the pitch. Spinners might trouble in middle-overs. Weather is cloudy in Manchester on match-day and we expect decent game of cricket. Possible XI England Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (C), Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood Australia Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Alex Carey (wk), Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa Key Players England Jonny Bairstow Joe Root Australia Steve Smith David Warner You've read the fantasy prediction. What are you waiting for now? Get ready to play fantasy cricket with MyTeam11 fantasy sports. Create fantasy cricket team on MyTeam11 & win cash daily. England and Australia meet again in the final T20I of the series on Tuesday evening at Southampton. Team Preview England and Australia will conclude the T20I series on Tuesday with its final match of the series. Fan expected to a cracking finale but England overcame Australia in the first two games to seal the series. They have now taken a 2-0 lead and they are the new number one T20 ranking holder. After winning the first T20 by just 2 runs, the Hosts outplayed Australia riding on Malan and Buttler show. Australian batting line up suffered early blows and the slight efforts from the middle-order helped them to post 157 on board. Despite losing Bairstow early, England took away the game from Rankings. Butler scored unbeaten 77 and Malan continued his top runs with scoring 32-balls 42. Zampa and Agar tried to give Australia some relief but Butler finished the game with a huge six. The left-hander will be unavailable for the final T20I due to personal reasons and Sam Billings might replace him. On the other hand, Australia can make one or two changes ahead of the ODI series which is starting from September 12 in Manchester. Pitch Report The Rose Bowl, Southampton is offering bit of help to spin, and batting against the spin in 2nd innings is not an easy task as we saw what Zampa and Agar did in the previous game, the weather is pretty cloudy and we can expect another thrilling T20 match. Possible XI England Jonny Bairstow (WK), Tom Banton, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (c), Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood Australia Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa Key Players England Dawid Malan Chris Jordan Australia Aaron Finch Asthon Agar You've read the fantasy prediction. What are you waiting for now? Get ready to play fantasy cricket with MyTeam11 fantasy sports. Create fantasy cricket team on MyTeam11 & win cash daily. England takes on Australia in Sunday T20 encounter in 3-matches T20I series at Southampton. England is leading in the series 1-0. Match Preview England and Australia will be squaring off in the second T20I on Sunday evening at Southampton. England would keen to seal the series after taking 1-0 lead on Friday. Meanwhile, Australia would aim to square the series to stay alive in the series. The series opener had a dramatic finish and England hold the nerve when Australia delivered a late collapse after a 96-runs opening stand. Australia and England both need to focus on their middle-order who was tested and failed. It was England who made a comeback in last 6 overs to take the game home. Pitch Report Rose Bowl, Southampton is a fine batting track and it also provides some help to spin in middle-overs as we saw in previous game. Despite, Australia’s failure in chase, this track is good for chasing. A score of 180 might be easily chased. Weather is clear on Sunday and we expect a full game. Possible XI England Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Dawid Malan, Tom Banton, Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan, Tom Curran, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid Australia Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa Key Players England
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