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ICC World Cup 2019: England VS Australia warm up match, hosts VS defending champions
England will play its first warm up match against the defending champions and 5 times World Cup winners, Australia.
England will play its first warm up match against the defending champions and 5 times World Cup winners, Australia. England who is considered as joint favourites in the tournament along with India will be all set to take on Australia at their home ground. Let’s take a look at what can we expect in this Warm up match.
England- Over the past few years, England has made its mark in the international cricket and is also considered as the favourites in the tournament. They will be keen to take on the World Cup trophy for the first time ever since the start of the tournament in 1975. With one of the most balanced side in the tournament, it will be interesting to see how well they can manage to perform with the exceeding expectations of the fans in the tournament. In the last ODI series between England and Australia in 2018, England whitewashed the Aussies by 5-0 and was also rated as number one ODI team in the ICC Rankings. With the inclusion of Jofra Archer and Liam Dawson in the team, it will interesting to see how the current favourites take on the defending champions in the 3rd warm up game.
Australia- Previously considered as an average batting side, their batting line up received a major boost with the return of David Warner and Steve Smith. Captain Aaron Finch will lead the team from the front in its batting department. IPL's star batsman David Warner will generate great expectations from the team as well as the fans. Along with them, the inclusion of Kane Richardson in replacement for injured Jhye Richardson can prove to be fatal for the team.
