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05-Sep-2013 17:01:00 GMT
England v Australia, 1st ODI, Headingley

England-Ausralia Looks Fresh Start

Leeds: England are out to avoid a repeat of previous post-Ashes slumps when they play Australia in a best of five one-day international series starting on Friday at Headingley.

The hosts have won six of their last nine home one-day series and crushed the Australians 4-0 last year but they lost the last two post-Ashes series, in 2009 and 2010-11.

England comfortably beat Ireland in a warm-up match on Tuesday with Morgan scoring an unbeaten century against the country of his birth.

England rested Alastair Cook, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann following the 3-0 Ashes win, but batsman Kevin Pietersen has been selected despite recent knee problems.

Morgan said the hard-hitting right-hander could open the innings, adding that his presence was crucial in a dressing room full of inexperienced players at international level.

Australia have dropped batsman David Warner for the series and fast bowler Mitchell Starc has been ruled out with a sore back.

However, despite back problems of his own, captain Michael Clarke said he gave no thought to resting himself ahead of the next Ashes series starting in November.

Teams from:

England: Eoin Morgan (Capt.), Jos Buttler (wk), Ravi Bopara, Michael Carberry, Steven Finn, Boyd Rankin, Joe Root, James Tredwell, Luke Wright, Chris Jordan, Jamie Overton, Kevin Pietersen, Ben Stokes, Jonathan Trott

Australia: Michael Clarke (Capt.), Matthew Wade (wk), George Bailey, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Fawad Ahmed, Aaron Finch, Josh Hazlewood, Phillip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Clint McKay, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Adam Voges, Shane Watson

Pitch and conditions
The onditions will be more important than the pitch in dictating selection and tactics - although a bleak forecast means that sadly rain may have the greatest effect on the result.

Stats and trivia

  • England's last completed one-day fixture at Headingley saw Mahela Jayawardene score 144 in a 69-run win for Sri Lanka in 2011.
  • The last time Australia beat England in an ODI in Leeds was 1981.
  • Australia won the last two post-Ashes ODI series by a 6-1 margin.

Match facts
Friday September 6, 2013
Start time 10.15am local (0915 GMT)


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