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07-Jul-2012 04:09:00 GMT
England v Australia, NatWest Series, 4th ODI, Chester-le-Street

England Look to Seal Series

Chester-Le-Street: Hosts England will look to seal a series win against Australia in the 4th ODI to be held in Chester-Le-Street on Saturday.

England have played excellent cricket right from the start of the season. They gave practically nothing away to the West Indies in the 2-0 series victory and they seem to be continuing in the same vein against Australia.

Spinner James Tredwell hopes to make an impression for England as he deputises for Graeme Swann.

Swann, 33, is resting a sore right elbow for the two remaining matches of the five-game series, allowing Tredwell a place in the attack.

The Kent off-spinner has promised to try to make an impact in his first international for 16 months.

Another bowler hoping for his first outing of the series on Saturday is Australian seamer Ben Hilfenhaus.

Australia's middle order has been incredibly fragile but of the players at Nos. 5, 6 and 7 David Hussey is the most experienced and needs to be able to contribute and guide the tail.

Teams:

England:
Alastair Cook (captain), James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter (wk), Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, Jason Roy, Chris Woakes

Australia: George Bailey, Michael Clarke (captain), Pat Cummins, Xavier Doherty, Peter Forrest, Ben Hilfenhaus, David Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Clint McKay, James Pattinson, Steven Smith, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Shane Watson

Stats and trivia

  • These teams have played twice before at Chester-le-Street, with England's win by four wickets to prevent a 7-0 whitewash in 2009 the last meeting.
  • Australia won the other meeting on the ground by 57 runs in 2005.
  • Of the Australia team that played in 2009, only three players could reappear this year. Four of England's XI that day are likely to play again.

Match facts
Saturday, July 7 2012
Start time 1045 local (0945 GMT)


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