England vs Australia Preview: England and Australia will kick off their respective Champions Trophy campaigns tomorrow with a clash against each other. Both teams will be stepping into this tournament after a disappointing performance in their last ODI series. They would both like to end their poor form tomorrow and kick off the tournament with a win.
Talking about England, they fared miserably in the tour to India. They lost 1-4 in the T20I series and 0-3 in the ODI series. If anything, it hints at the fact that they will most likely struggle in the Champions Trophy too.
Australia, on the other hand, lost 0-2 to Sri Lanka in their last series. Moreover, they are without most of their veteran players in this series. Even their regular captain, Pat Cummins, is out of the Champions Trophy owing to an injury. Things are thus going to be extremely difficult for the Aussies in this tournament.
England vs Australia – Playing XIs
Let us have a look at England and Australia’s predicted Playing XIs:
England: Philip Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith(w), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(c), Liam Livingstone, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Australia (Predicted): Travis Head, Matthew Short, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson, Nathan Ellis
England vs Australia – Pitch Report
The batters are highly favored at the Gaddafi stadium. Out of the last five matches that were played here, three were won by teams batting first. Moreover, spinners are expected to do well on this pitch, just like most other pitches in Pakistan. The average first inning score in this stadium in the last five matches has been 290, while the highest chased total has been 309. Thus, both teams would prefer to bat first.
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