LIVE - England vs Australia – 2nd ODI – Toss Report
Australia’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978, has won the toss in the second of the five-match One Day International (ODI) series against England and has opted to bat first at the Kennington Oval, London.
The home team is currently leading the series 1-0 after their emphatic victory in the starting match at the Lord’s. The Kangaroos will come out all guns blazing today to level the competition.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Forrest-c2176 has taken Steven Smith’s place in the team.
Johnson will be geared up to perform well and prove a point as he is returning to international cricket after a long time. The all-rounder injured his foot during Australia’s tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 last year.
On the other side of the coin, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 is missing out in this match and Jade Dernbach has found a massive opportunity to prove his credentials.
England’s bowling has been the cornerstone of their victories since last 12 months and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, the England captain, is relying on his seamers to win him the on-going series once again.
The left-handed opening batsman feels lucky to have the services of so many quality bowlers, but as a team, Cook does not want to be complacent and urged his side yesterday to be more clinical in the Oval ODI.
"It's nice as a captain when you can keep pulling on bowlers of that quality, take one off and another one keeps following up, and keeps the pressure on. That's the idea anyway. We're being really harsh on ourselves, I don't think it was a perfect performance
in the field or close to it, so that was encouraging,” Cook expressed.
Australia’s premier opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301, claimed that his team will bounce back in the remainder of the battle.
Warner believes, "We weren't outplayed at all yesterday, I just think that we lost our wickets in clumps, the Powerplay cost us and that little back part of the innings where they got 40-50 runs from the last few overs."
Considering the strengths and weaknesses of both the teams, they are evenly matched and one can expect a thrilling encounter.
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