ODI Cricket: Previewing the 1st ODI between England and Australia

England come into the 3 match ODI series mere days after winning the T20 World Cup. The defending double world champions are high on confidence and have had the wood over Australia in the last couple of encounters.

Australia on the other hand come into the series on the back of a disastrous world cup campaign. Where it was England who knocked them out of the tournament owing to poor run rate. Australia also have a new captain in Pat Cummins leading the line after the retirement of Aaron Finch from ODI cricket.

Venue – Adelaide Oval

Time – 9 AM IST

Likely Pitch Conditions –

There is going to excellent carry for the bowlers and will be a true pitch for the batters. The team winning the toss will look to bat first and make use of the conditions early as batting under lights could be a bit difficult. A score of 250-275 should be the ones the teams batting first will like to get.

Likely Australian XI –

David Warner, Travis Head, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa

Likely England XI –

Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Dawid Malan, Jos Buttler, Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid and Chris Jordan

Head to Head record –

Matches played – 152

Wins for Australia – 84

Wins for England – 63

Tied matches – 2

No result – 3

Wins for Australia at Adelaide – 6

Wins for England at Adelaide -2

Adelaide Oval ODI record –

Matches played – 85

Matches won by home team – 36

Matches won by away team – 18

Matches won by neutral team – 31

Matches won by team batting 1st – 46

Matches won by team batting 2nd – 37

Matches won after winning toss – 42

Matches won after losing toss – 41

Tied games – 1

No result – 1

Highest batting score at Adelaide – 179 by David Warner vs Pak

Best bowling – Colin Rackemann 5/16 vs Pak

Highest team score – 369/7  Australia vs Pak

Lowest score – 70 all out – Australia vs England

Approaching milestones –

·Alex Carey needs 2 fours to reach 150 fours mark in ODI cricket

·Mitchell Marsh needs 4 fours to reach 150 fours in ODI cricket

·Mitchell starc needs 31 runs to reach 500 runs in ODI cricket

·Buttler needs 2 fours to reach 350 fours in ODI cricket

·Moeen Ali needs 6 wickets to reach 100 ODI wickets

·Chris Jordan needs 5 wickets to reach 50 ODI wickets

·Jason Roy needs 46 runs to reach 4000 ODI runs

·James Vince needs 20 runs to reach 500 ODI runs

·Chris Woakes needs 3 fours to reach 100 fours in ODI Cricket