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CWC 19: England Win Toss, Opt to Bowl First Against Australia

LONDON: England won the toss and opted to bowl first against the arch-rivals Australia in the 32nd match of the ICC World Cup 2019 at The Oval, London

The arch-rivals have played six matches each so far in the tournament but Australia have an edge over their rivals as the Aussies are placed second while the Englishmen are on the fourth position at the points table.

Australia won five matches and lost one, securing 10 points with a net run rate of 0.849 whereas England won four matches and lost two, obtaining eight points with an NRR of 1.457.

SQUADS

England: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Adil Rashid, Joe Root,  Ben Stokes, James Vince, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

Australia: Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith,  Alex Carey (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc,  Pat Cummins, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon