England vs Australia, First ODI, Match Prediction

 

England and Australia face each other in the opening ODI fixture of the 3-matches ODI series at Manchester on Friday.

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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

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