Who Will Win England vs Australia 2nd ODI?
England have taken a 1-0 lead in the five-game series as they pipped Australia by three wickets in the opening one-dayer at London. The hosts will now look to extend their lead when the two teams go head-to-head in the second one-day international on June 16 at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. The match is scheduled to have a 11 AM local time start.
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Toss Prediction
Out of the 19 one-day internationals (excluding the three abandoned games and one tied game) played at the Sophia Gardens, 14 have been won by the team that has bowled first. Since the last three matches here have also been won by the chasing side, either skipper would want to field first after winning the toss.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for England vs Australia 2nd ODI...
England Team News & Playing 11
Team News
England will probably stick with the same line-up for their Saturday's clash against the Aussies. They got the better of the visitors in the opening encounter of the series and so the selectors may not want to disturb the winning combination.
Key Players
Joe Root (50) and Eoin Morgan (69) smashed fifties in the first game. While the former is the leading run-getter in ODIs at this ground with 254 runs in 7 matches, the latter is third on the list with 224 runs in 9 matches. While these two are going to be the biggest hopes for England with the bat, Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow who have been in good form are also key figures in this line-up. Liam Plunkett will be the big threat for Australia from this pace attack. The fast bowler took three wickets at the Oval and he also has seven wickets from three matches at this ground. Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali shared five wickets between them last time. Rashid has five wickets in three matches at this venue and the leg-spinner could cause problems for the Australian batsmen here.
Recent Form
The three-wicket win over Australia in the first ODI would have restored some confidence in the England camp after their shock defeat at the hands of Scotland in Edinburgh last Sunday. The hosts now have eight wins and four losses from the twelve one-day internationals they have played this year. Their bowlers played a massive role in the team's victory last time as they wrapped up the Australian innings at just 214 in 47 overs.
England Predicted Playing 11
Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, David Willey, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Australia Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Australia skipper Tim Paine and coach Justin Langer have hinted that they might consider tweaking the balance of their side for the second ODI by bringing in an extra batsman. Alex Carey and D'Arcy Short are waiting in the reserves and one of them could get a game on Saturday. In this scenario, Michael Neser who made his international debut in the last game seems the most likely candidate to be dropped.
Key Players
Australia's top-order batting relies mainly on Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh. Finch was the team's best batsman in the previous ODI series against England at home and it will be difficult for the English bowlers to stop him once he spends some time in the middle. Marsh, with 1920 runs in 54 ODIs, has plenty of experience under his belt and the visitors will be hoping that he makes a strong contribution on Saturday. Glenn Maxwell hit 62 runs in the last game and Australia would have been relieved to see the all-rounder back amongst the runs. Their rookie pace attack was pretty impressive with Billy Stanlake and Andrew Tye picking up a couple of wickets each while conceding less than 4.50 runs per over. These two will be the team's go-to bowlers and they are expected to have a good game here with the pitch being conducive to seam bowling.
Recent Form
Australia faced their fifth loss in six one-day internationals this year when they were beaten by England in the last game at the Oval. Interestingly, they have played all their six matches this year against England and have been able to defeat them just once - in the fourth ODI at Adelaide during England's tour of Australia in January. The visitors suffered a batting collapse last time and they will need to make a significant improvement in this department.
Australia Predicted Playing 11
Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Shaun Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Tim Paine (c/wk), Ashton Agar, Michael Neser/D'Arcy Short, Andrew Tye, Kane Richardson, Billy Stanlake
Jun 16, 2018
15:30 IST / 10:00 GMT
Sophia Gardens - Cardiff, England
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