Australia vs England – 1st ODI – Toss Report
Australian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978, has won the all important first toss of the five-match ODI series against England, with the opening game commencing shortly at the home of cricket, Lord’s, June 29, 2012.
The decision was influenced by the track, which according to groundsman, Mick Hunt, contained a fair amount of moisture, allowing his pacers to get a early go at the inform English openers.
The major contention for the hosts was regarding their bowling composition, which had six genuine pacers. Clarke revealed that his side will be playing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MG-Johnson-c1945 and Ben
Hilfenhaus miss out.
"It's a tough decision to get six bowlers down to three," said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120.
The batting lineup looks solid despite the non-inclusion of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380, all of whom had spent time on the pitch during the
warm-up games.
The hosts have decided to field in a team of specialists, which means there is no room for the all-round ability of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711 batting at no.7. The home side has been in impressive form of late and their 2-0 victory against England was
their sixth consecutive home series’ win.
However, the bulk of the scoring in the recent matches has been done by the top order, comprising of Alastair Cook, Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott and it will be interesting to see how the other batters perform against a daunting bowling lineup.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783, by convincing margins and will be in confident mood going in the first game.
The weather is expected to play a part but for now it’s partly cloudy with temperature just under 20.
England Playing XI:
1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harold-William-Stephenson-c61707 Finn
Australia Playing XI:
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