All to play for in third England-Australia ODI

Aaron Finch

England have proven their mettle in One-Day International (ODI) series on home soil and will look to extend their five-year unbeaten run when they take on Australia in today’s series decider, all-rounder Chris Woakes said yesterday.

England have not lost a bilateral ODI series at home since September 2015 and they can extend that streak in Manchester with the three-match series evenly poised at 1-1.
“It’s an incredible achievement and we want to keep that going,” Woakes told reporters.  “It shows how well we have played over the last four to five years.”“We want to win this specific series rather than maintain that record. Whenever you play Australia, you want to win and it’ll be good for us to finish the summer on a high.” 

In England’s 24-run victory on Sunday, Woakes, Jofra Archer and Sam Curran picked up three wickets each, which triggered Australia’s collapse from 144 for two to 207 all out while chasing a target of 232.

Woakes said that England now have the ability to win games with the ball too.

“Teams do realise that we can win from potentially any position and the game is not done until you get over the line,” he added.  (REUTERS)

Eoin Morgan

The teams

Australia (From): Aaron Finch (Captain), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe, Daniel Sams, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, David Warner and Adam Zampa.
England (From): Eoin Morgan (Captain), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Joe Denly and Saqib Mahmood.