Australia and England will kick start their T20I series with the first T20I at Rose Bowl, Southampton.
Team
Preview
The number 1 T20 side and number 2 T20 side will take each
other in 3-matches T20 series to prove their T20 rankings. England is the only
side who had played lot of cricket since the resumption of cricket and they
recently participated in the T20 series with Pakistan which was tied with 1-1
as England lost the final T20 by 5 runs following the 5-wickets victory in the
2nd T20I. England needs to recheck their
errors from the previous defeat. The middle-order was tested and only Moeen Ali
survived with a gritty half-century. English top-order is having a top-class
form as Banton, Bairstow, Malan, and Morgan scored a half-century in the
series. The bowling department might be a worrying sign for them. England has
recalled Jofra Archer and Jos Butler who will play their first limited-overs
series in this home summer.
Meanwhile, Australia are back in the International Cricket
after a gap of 6 months as they last played to New Zealand back in March. For
the England tour, Australia called some in-form players from the Big Bash likes
of Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe, and Daniel Sams who might get the T20 cap for
the first time. The Aussie trio Warner, Finch, and Smith would be a key factor
in the series and they are in terrific form in limited-format. Glenn Maxwell,
Nathan Lyon, and Marcus Stoinis have also been recalled for the series. Stoinis
and Maxwell both had good performance with bat and ball in intra-squad
fixtures.
Pitch
Report
The Rose Bowl, Southampton is a batting-friendly track and
Australia got 248 on this ground last time. It’s a busy track and offers good
amount of runs. The weather is pretty cloudy and pacers can trouble with the
ball. We expect a high-scoring game on Friday as both sides have enough
fireworks.
Possible XI
England
Eoin Morgan (C), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow,
Tom Banton, Sam Billings/Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan,
Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Australia
Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Alex
Carey (WK), Ashton Agar, Marcus Stoinis/Mitchell Marsh, Pat Cummins, Josh
Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa
Key Players
England
Eoin Morgan
Dawid Malan
Australia
Dawid Warner
Aaron Finch
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